A ______________________________ is a crevasse that forms where moving glacier ice separates from the stagnant ice or firn above. Crevasse OR Bergschrund OR Cirque
Bergschrund
15
A _______________________________ is a deep, wedge-shaped opening in a moving mass of ice called a glacier. Cirque OR Horn OR Crevasse
Crevasse
15
_______________________________ are bowl-shaped, amphitheater-like depressions that glaciers carve into mountains and valley sidewalls at high elevations. Glacial Stairways OR Aretes OR Cirques
Cirques
20
_____________________________ are pointed peaks that are bounded on at least three sides by glaciers. Glacial Stairways OR Aretes OR Horns
Horns
15
_________________________________ is a thin, jagged crest that separates-or that once separated-two adjacent glaciers. Arete OR Moraine OR Hanging Valley
Arete
20
These are formed by tributary glaciers which enter a glacial trough. Aretes OR Hanging Valleys OR Glacial Stairways
Hanging Valleys
25
______________________________________ happen when the glaciers descend from very high mountains into valleys, they develop steps or stairs along the walls of the valleys through the processes of abrasion and plucking. j
Glacial Stairways
25
A ___________________________________ is a river or other body of water’s steep fall over a rocky ledge into a plunge pool below. __________________________ are also called cascades. Cirque OR Waterfall OR Paternoster Lake
Waterfall
10
A ______________________________ is material left behind by a moving glacier. This material is usually soil and rock. Waterfall OR Mornaine Or Glacial Deposit
Mornaine
15
In geography, a ______________________________ is a glacial landform, created by big rock or stones deposited in the landscape when the glacier withdraws.Glacial Stairway or Cirque OR Glacial Deposit