Quiz 20 Glacial Landforms_ GPH 111_ Intro to Physical Geography (2024 Spring - A)
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Quiz 20 Glacial Landforms: GPH 111: Intro to Physical Geography (2024 Spring - A)
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Quiz 20 Glacial Landforms Due No due date
Points 1.7
Questions 5
Time Limit None
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Question 1
0.34 / 0.34 pts
a Swedish name for a U-shaped valley carved by a glacier
a linear or a ridge-like feature that is formed by a retreating glacier
Alaskan name for a fine snowfall that is a key to the formation of glaciers
Correct!
a bowl-shaped hollow eroded into the side of a mountain eroded by a glacier
This is a brief quiz about the lecture on glacial landforms.
What is a cirque?
2/18/24, 2:56 PM
Quiz 20 Glacial Landforms: GPH 111: Intro to Physical Geography (2024 Spring - A)
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Question 2
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a ridge of till that forms when two laterial moraines come together
Correct!
a ridge of till that forms on the side of a glacier
All of the other answers are correct, and thus this is the best answer.
a ridge of till that represents the maximum extent of glacial ice
This is the best answer.
Question 3
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a U-shaped glacial trough of a tributary glacier that is topographically high above the floor of the main glacial trough that
it is entering
Correct!
a U-shaped glacial trough that has been drowned by rising sea level, allowing ocean-going vessels to travel up into the
glacially-carved valley
a series of stacked rocks piled up by an advancing glacier
a narrow knife-like ridge that is surrounded on both sides by a glacial trough
This is the best answer.
Question 4
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a highly polished surface that is produced by glacial melt and sand mixing together
Correct!
a peak surrounded on all sides by cirques
a U-shaped glacial trough of a tributary glacier that is topographically high above the floor of the main glacial trough that
it is entering
What is a lateral moraine?
What is a fjord?
What is a horn?
2/18/24, 2:56 PM
Quiz 20 Glacial Landforms: GPH 111: Intro to Physical Geography (2024 Spring - A)
https://canvas.asu.edu/courses/172892/quizzes/1298410
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a U-shaped glacial trough that has been drowned by rising sea level, allowing ocean-going vessels to travel up into the
glacially-carved valley
This is the best answer.
Question 5
0.34 / 0.34 pts
a peak surrounded on all sides by cirques
a U-shaped glacial trough of a tributary glacier that is topographically high above the floor of the main glacial trough that
it is entering
Correct!
a smooth pass between glacial valleys, where the smoothness exists because ice once flowed over a col between
adjacent valleys
a bowl-shaped hollow eroded into the side of a mountain eroded by a glacier
This is the best answer.
Quiz Score: 1.7 out of 1.7
What is a col?
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