Glacier Vocab 0.0 / 5 ? Learning challengeGlacier VocabFunNone Created by: Ashleigh2703Created on: 03-03-16 17:43 Ice Age A time when the earth's average temperature was lower than normal and Glaciers formed 1 of 16 Glacier A river of ice 2 of 16 Plucking The way that material is pulled from a landscape by a glacier 3 of 16 Abrasion The way a glacier scrapes away material from a rock face 4 of 16 Freeze Thaw Where water gets into a crack in the rock, freezes up making it bigger then the ice melts and freezes again until the rock breaks off 5 of 16 Crevasse A crack in a glacier which can be hundreds of meters deep 6 of 16 Till A mixture of clay, rocks, sand and other sediments dropped by a glacier 7 of 16 Moraine Material dropped by a glacier 8 of 16 Erratic A large rock, different from the rest, which has been moved by a glacier 9 of 16 Drumlin A long smooth hill shaped like the back of a spoon and it was created by a glacier 10 of 16 Corrie A hollow in the hills where the glacier started 11 of 16 Tarn A lake found in a corrie 12 of 16 Arête A sharp mountain ridge formed by a glacier 13 of 16 Pyramidal Peak A sharp peak on a mountain formed by a glacier eg. Mount Everest 14 of 16 U Shaped Valley A valley shaped like a letter U carved out by a glacier 15 of 16 Hanging Valley A valley that hangs above a bigger one. If it contains a river, it will fall as a waterfall 16 of 16
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