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Matching. Match the feature with the appropriate material. -cirque

A) till
B) outwash
C) solid rock

D) None of the above
E) A) and B)

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A ________ forms when a block of ice is buried in drift and subsequently melts, creating a pit.

A) tarn
B) paternoster
C) kame
D) kettle

E) All of the above
F) None of the above

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Fiords are found exclusively along the coast of Norway.

Word Analysis. Examine the words and/or phrases for each question below and determine the relationship among the majority of words/phrases. Choose the option which does not fit the pattern.

The term drift ________.

A(n) ________ is an irregular, usually thin till layer laid down by a retreating glacier.

Melting and calving are two forms of ablation.

During the most recent ice age, glaciers covered about ________ percent of Earth's land area.

Till is an unsorted sediment deposited directly from the melting glacial ice; stream action is not involved.

________ is one of the two major flow mechanisms in a glacier.

Bajadas develop from coalescence of alluvial fans along fronts of mountain ranges in arid lands.

Deposits of windblown silt are called ________.

A(n) ________ is an intermittent lake on the floor of a desert basin.

A cirque represents an erosional feature formed in what was an important accumulation zone for snow and ice at the upstream head of a glacier.

A ________ is an erosional feature specifically produced by alpine glaciation.