Glaciers


56. Which of the following is a type of glacial erosion that occurs when rocks freeze to the bottom of a glacier and are plucked out as the glacier moves?
a) Plucking
b) Abrasion
c) Erosion
d) Translocation

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57. What is the name for the process by which glaciers flow faster in the middle than at the edges?
a) Creep
b) Basal sliding
c) Internal deformation
d) Shear deformation

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58. Which of the following is a type of glacial landform that forms when two glaciers merge and deposit sediment along the boundary between them?
a) Esker
b) Kame
c) Drumlin
d) Medial moraine

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59. What is the name for the process by which glaciers carve out a bowl-shaped depression on a mountainside?
a) Plucking
b) Abrasion
c) Erosion
d) Cirque formation

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60. Which of the following is a type of glacial deposit that forms when a glacier deposits sediment on its sides and forms a ridge-like feature?
a) Esker
b) Kame
c) Drumlin
d) Lateral moraine

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