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Study Guide Questions
1. Continental glaciers are also known as _________________ _____________________ .
2. Continental glaciers show _________________ [gentler/stronger] contours than alpine glaciers do.
3. At the height of the Pleistocene Epoch, glaciers covered ________ percent of the earth's land areas.
4. Glaciers form when more snow ____________ in the winter than _____________ in the summer.
5. ______________ is an intermediate stage between snow and ice.
6. _________________ glaciers are those associated with heavy snowfalls and cool summers.
7. _________________ glaciers are those Alpine glaciers that are confined to amphitheaters in the high peaks.
8. ____________________ glaciers flow down the mountainsides.
9. Alpine glaciers flow out from many different directions. True or false?
10. Peaks that rise above continental ice sheets are called _____________________ .
11. A(n) _______________ is a jagged spine of rock created as the cirques on opposite sides of a ridge cut their headlong paths.
12. _______________ on high slopes form V-shaped valleys.
13. Basins where decayed or weak rock was gouged out of a valley floor became lakes known as "____________________ ."
14. The process known as "_____________________ " occurs when glaciers move over the land surface, picking up rock and soil.
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