Quiz  /  Glaciers

  • 1. 
    How do glaciers form?

  • From snow that doesn't melt even in the summer
  • From freezing rain
  • From frozen ocean water
  • From rivers that freeze up in the winter

  • 2. 
    Where do glaciers form?

  • High in the mountains
  • Near the North Pole
  • Near the South Pole
  • All of the above

  • 3. 
    True or False: It is a myth that glaciers move, but they are really big chunks of ice that can't move.

  • TRUE
  • FALSE

  • 4. 
    What type of glacier forms where the temperature is always below freezing?

  • Polar
  • Cirque
  • Temperate
  • Calving

  • 5. 
    What type of glacier ends in a body of water like an ocean or lake?

  • Calving
  • Valley
  • Temperate
  • Cirque

  • 6. 
    What type of glacier forms on the slopes of mountains?

  • Temperate
  • Calving
  • Cirque
  • Valley

  • 7. 
    What is the name of the area of the glacier where the snow falls and accumulates?

  • Firn
  • Crevasses
  • Ablation zone
  • Accumulation zone

  • 8. 
    What do scientists call the snow layer that is between the new snow and the glacial ice?

  • Accumulation zone
  • Ablation zone
  • Crevasses
  • Firn

  • 9. 
    What do scientists call a pointy shaped mountain peak that was formed by several glaciers?

  • Cirque
  • Arete
  • Drumlin
  • Horn

  • 10. 
    What do scientists call an accumulation of material (rocks, sand, gravel) left behind by a glacier?

  • Horn
  • Moraine
  • Arete
  • Cirque
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