1. A major glacial erosional process is plucking. This process occurs when: rock
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1. A major glacial erosional process is plucking. This process occurs when:
rock flour is deposited into glacial lakes resulting in a turquoise color of water bodies in glaciated regions.
rock fragments on the bottom of the glacier gouge and scratch the underlying bedrock as the glacier flows.
the sheer weight and force of a glacier polishes and the underlying bedrock smooth.
glacial meltwater loosens and lifts fractured bedrock and incorporates the rock into the glacier.
2. Which of the following glacial features can be used to determine the direction glaciers previously flowed?
Fiords
Horn
Rouche mountonnée
Col
3. The rainshadow effect is responsible for the formation of most:
meandering channels in lower elevations.
loess deposits in central United States.
mass wasting events in mountainous regions.
mid-latitude deserts and steppes.
4. Which of the following is evidence of chemical weathering occurring in deserts?
Rust-colored stains in some desert landscapes
Thick, fine-textured soil profiles
Angular slopes and rock edges
Unaltered rock and mineral fragments
5.
Which of the following features of a desert contain layers of evaporite minerals that can be mined?
Alluvial fan
Bajada
Inselberg
Playa
rock flour is deposited into glacial lakes resulting in a turquoise color of water bodies in glaciated regions.
rock fragments on the bottom of the glacier gouge and scratch the underlying bedrock as the glacier flows.
the sheer weight and force of a glacier polishes and the underlying bedrock smooth.
glacial meltwater loosens and lifts fractured bedrock and incorporates the rock into the glacier.
2. Which of the following glacial features can be used to determine the direction glaciers previously flowed?
Fiords
Horn
Rouche mountonnée
Col
Explanation / Answer
1)rock fragments on the bottom of the glacier gouge and scratch the underlying bedrock as the glacier flows.
2)fiords
3)mass wasting events in mountainous regions
.4)Rust-colored stains in some desert landscapes
5)playa
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