AY Honor Glaciers Answer Key

Glaciers

Skill Level

2

Year

2024

Version

11.04.2025

Approval authority

North American Division

1

What is a glacier? Why is the study of glaciers important and how are glaciers studied today?

2

Create a game (such as a matching game, board game, trivia, etc.) that explores and defines the following terms as they relate to glaciers:

2a

Crevasse

2b

Firn

2c

Glacial drift

2d

Glacial erratic

2e

Glacial lake

2f

Icefall

2g

Kettle lake

2h

Névé

2i

Paternoster lake

2j

Plucking

2k

Serac

2l

Subglacial stream

2m

Tarn

2n

Terminus

3

How do glaciers form? Where can they be found? On a map, highlight the places glaciers can be found today.

4

Name the two major types of glaciers and two subtypes of each.

5

On a diagram of a glacier, label the following parts and how they work together to cause glacial movement:

5a

Accumulation zone

5b

Ablation zone

5c

Equilibrium line

6

Explain how a glacier advances and retreats.

7

Know the difference between valleys formed by rivers and streams, and valleys formed by glaciers.

8

Describe the two main ways in which glaciers can move.

9

Draw, photograph, model, or describe the following landforms created by glaciers:

9a

Arête

9b

Cirque

9c

Col

9d

Drumlin

9e

Esker

9f

Fjord

9g

Glacial horn

9h

Kame

9i

Nunatak

9j

Outwash fan

9k

Roche moutonnée

9l

Striation

9m

Trim line

10

What is a moraine? Name and describe three types of moraines.

11

With your class, discuss safety while on or around glaciers.

12

Evidence of glaciers that have since disappeared can still be seen all over the world. From a Biblical viewpoint, discuss with your class how these might have been formed.

13

When something is caught in a glacier, it is often preserved like a time capsule for decades or even hundreds of years, giving us great opportunities to study the past. Creatively present one of these discoveries to your group.

14

Do two of the following:

14a

Visit a glacier or a place where glaciation has occurred and discuss with your group or write a 200-word report about what you saw. Include any landforms that you saw.

14b

Watch a video about glaciers and discuss with your group or write a 200-word report about what you saw.

14c

Draw or paint a picture about something you had fun learning about while studying glaciers.

14d

Talk with your group, write about, or make a short video about a real glacier study or conservation project.

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