Glaciers, wind and landslides reshape the land

Grade 9 Science Worksheet - Building Confidence

Circle the best answer.

2. 1.

   What shape does a glacier scour a valley into, by Ari's reading (NPS)?

   • A flat plain with no sides
   • A U shape
   • A V shape, narrow at the bottom
   • A round crater
3. 2.

   What shape does a river cut a valley into, by Bo's reading (NPS)?

   Use the picture in question 1.

   • A flat-topped mesa
   • A U shape
   • A V shape
   • A bowl-shaped cirque
4. 3.

   What is a cirque, by Kira's reading (NPS)?

   • A rounded, steep-sided bowl carved at a glacier's head
   • A pile of windblown sand
   • A ridge of rock dumped at a glacier's end
   • A V-shaped river valley
5. 4.

   What carves striations into bedrock, by Jun's reading (NPS)?

   • Wind blowing sand across it for years
   • Ice-borne rocks scraping bedrock
   • Soil creeping downhill over it
   • A river cutting a V
7. 5.

   NPS: when melting equals snow buildup, what does a glacier's face do, by Luz's reading?

   • It advances quickly because the ice flows downhill faster
   • Its ice stops flowing
   • It retreats quickly
   • It stays in place, though the ice keeps flowing
8. 6.

   NPS: a glacier's face advances when more snow and ice build up than melt. What happens when melting wins, by Milo's reading?

   Use the picture in question 5.

   • The ice starts flowing uphill
   • The face advances faster
   • The face retreats, though the ice still flows downhill
   • The ice stops moving entirely
10. 7.

    What is deflation, by Noah's reading (USGS)?

    • Wind lifting loose, fine grains
    • Soil creeping downhill
    • Windblown grains grinding against rock
    • Ice scraping bedrock
11. 8.

    What is abrasion by wind, by Pia's reading (USGS)?

    Use the picture in question 7.

    • Windborne grains grinding and sandblasting surfaces
    • Rain dissolving limestone
    • Wind lifting away fine dust and loose grains from bare ground
    • Rock dropping from a cliff
12. 9.

    What are ventifacts, by Ren's reading (USGS)?

    Use the picture in question 7.

    • Rocks cut and polished by wind-driven sand
    • Rocks that tumbled down from steep cliffs above
    • Ridges left by glaciers
    • Hollows dug out by the wind
13. 10.

    What is creep, by Zee's reading (USGS)?

    • A fast flow like wet cement
    • Very slow, steady downslope movement of soil or rock
    • A sudden drop of rock from a steep cliff onto the slope below
    • Wind moving sand up a dune