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Learn about the frozen rivers of ice that cover the poles and the highest mountain peaks.
What is the term for a glacier that forms on a relatively flat surface?
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Flat Glacier
What is the name of the glacier that covers Mount Victoria?
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Victoria Glacier
What is the name of the glacier that covers Mount Columbia?
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Columbia Glacier
What is the term for a glacier that forms on a relatively flat plateau?
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Plateau Glacier
What is the name of the glacier that covers Mount Hood?
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Eliot Glacier
What is the name of the glacier that covers Mount Sir Donald?
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Sir Donald Glacier
What is the name of the glacier that covers Mount Freshfield?
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Freshfield Glacier
What is firn?
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Dense, partially compacted snow that has not yet turned to ice
What is the term for a crack in the surface of a glacier?
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Crevasse
What is glacial rebound?
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The rise of land that was depressed by the weight of a glacier
Which country has the most glaciers?
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Argentina
What is the name of the glacier that covers Mount Baker?
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Coleman Glacier
What is a tidewater glacier?
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A glacier that flows into the sea and breaks off into icebergs
What is the name of the glacier that covers Mount Athabasca?
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Athabasca Glacier
What is the name of the glacier that covers the North Pole?
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Arctic Ice Cap
What is a horn?
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A pointed mountain peak formed by glacial erosion
What is the term for a mass of ice that is permanently anchored to the bedrock?
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Rock Glacier
What is the name of the glacier that covers Mount Robson?
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Robson Glacier
What is the term for a sharp, angular peak formed by the intersection of three or more glaciers?
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Horn
What is a cirque?
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A bowl-shaped depression formed at the head of a glacier valley
What is a tarn?
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A small lake formed in a cirque by glacial erosion
What is the name of the glacier that covers Mount Lyell?
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Lyell Glacier
What is the name for a long, narrow glacier that forms when snow accumulates in a mountain valley?
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Valley Glacier
What is a proglacial lake?
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A lake formed in front of a glacier by meltwater
What is the term for a glacier that advances due to its own weight causing it to spread out?
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Advancing Glacier
What is the term for a glacier that forms in a small basin on a mountainside?
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Pocket Glacier
What is the term for a ridge formed by two glaciers eroding parallel U-shaped valleys?
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Arête
What is the name for a glacier that is confined within a mountain range?
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Alpine Glacier
What is a glacier surge?
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A sudden, rapid advance of a glacier
What is the name of the glacier that covers Mount Goodsir?
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Goodsir Glacier
What is ablation?
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The loss of ice from a glacier due to melting, sublimation, or calving
What is the largest glacier in the world?
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The Lambert Glacier in Antarctica
What is permafrost?
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Ground that remains frozen for two or more years
What is the name of the glacier that covers Mount Tupper?
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Tupper Glacier
Which type of moraine forms at the furthest point reached by a glacier?
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Terminal Moraine
What is the term for a glacier that forms at the base of a steep cliff?
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Hanging Glacier
What is the name of the glacier that covers Mount Shasta?
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Whitney Glacier
What is the name of the glacier that covers Mount St. Helens?
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Crater Glacier
What is the name of the glacier that covers Mount Temple?
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Temple Glacier
What is the name of the glacier that covers Mount Bryce?
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Bryce Glacier
What is a pingo?
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A dome-shaped hill formed by freezing and thawing of soil
What is the term for a glacier that forms on the slope of a volcano?
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Volcanic Glacier
What is the term for a lake that forms in a cirque after a glacier retreats?
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Tarn
What is the name of the glacier that covers Mount Logan?
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Logan Glacier
What is the name of the glacier that covers Mount Assiniboine?
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Assiniboine Glacier
What is a lateral moraine?
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A strip of rock debris that runs along the side of a glacier
What is the term for a glacier that ends in the ocean?
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Marine Glacier
What is a terminal moraine?
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A ridge of rock debris left behind by a glacier at its farthest extent
What is a moulin?
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A vertical shaft or chute in a glacier caused by meltwater
What is the term for a glacier that retreats due to increased melting or decreased snowfall?
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Retreating Glacier
What is the term for a glacier that is partially surrounded by water?
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Tidewater Glacier
What is the process by which glaciers gain mass?
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Accumulation
What is a crevasse?
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A deep crack or fissure in a glacier
What is a kame?
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A small hill or mound of sand and gravel deposited by a melting glacier
What is a medial moraine?
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A strip of rock debris that runs down the center of a glacier
How do glaciers form?
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When snow accumulates and compresses into ice over time
What is a drumlin?
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An elongated hill formed by glacial deposition
What is the name of the glacier that covers Mount McKinley?
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Muldrow Glacier
What is the name of the glacier that covers Mount Everest?
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Khumbu Glacier
What is the name of the glacier that covers Mount Rainier?
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Emmons Glacier
What is the term for a glacier that covers a wide area and is not confined by surrounding terrain?
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Continental Glacier
What is the term for a glacier that drains an ice sheet?
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Outlet Glacier
What is an ice sheet?
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A very large glacier that covers more than 50,000 square kilometers
What is the name of the glacier that covers Mount Edith Cavell?
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Angel Glacier
What is the name of the glacier that caused the Titanic to sink?
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Sermilik Glacier
What is the name of the glacier that covers Mount Edith Cavell?
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Angel Glacier
Which continent contains the majority of the world's glacial ice?
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Antarctica
What is a glacier cave?
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A cave formed within a glacier by meltwater
What is the term for a glacier that remains in a steady state, neither advancing nor retreating?
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Stagnant Glacier
What is the term for a glacier that forms on the side of a mountain?
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Niche Glacier
What is glacial flour?
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Fine-grained sediment produced by glacial erosion
What is the name of the largest glacier in Europe?
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Aletsch Glacier
What is the term for a glacier that advances rapidly due to increased snowfall or decreased melting?
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Surging Glacier
What type of glacier is found in high mountain ranges and flows down from a central peak?
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Cirque Glacier
What is the name for a bowl-shaped depression on a mountainside where a glacier originates?
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Cirque
What is the name of the glacier that covers Mount Kilimanjaro?
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Furtwangler Glacier
What is the name of the glacier that covers Mount Forbes?
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Forbes Glacier
What is the largest glacier in the world?
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Lambert-Fisher Glacier
What is the name of the glacier that covers the South Pole?
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Antarctic Ice Sheet
What is the term for a glacier that forms in a polar desert?
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Polar Desert Glacier
What term describes a large chunk of ice breaking off from a glacier?
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Calving
What is the fastest moving glacier?
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Jakobshavn Glacier
What term refers to the boundary between the accumulation and ablation zones of a glacier?
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Equilibrium Line
What is a nunatak?
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A peak or ridge of rock that protrudes through a glacier
What type of glacier covers an area less than 50,000 square kilometers?
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Ice Cap
Which type of glacier forms when two or more valley glaciers merge?
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Piedmont Glacier
Which country has the most glaciers?
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Russia
What is the term for a long, winding ridge of sediment deposited by a glacier?
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Esker
What is moraine?
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Rock debris left behind by a retreating glacier
What is a hanging valley?
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A tributary valley that enters a main valley at a higher elevation
What is calving?
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When chunks of ice break off from the edge of a glacier
What is the name of the glacier that covers Mount Olympus?
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Blue Glacier
Where are glaciers found?
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In areas with high snowfall and cold temperatures
What is a glacial erratic?
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A large boulder transported by a glacier and left behind when the glacier melts
What is a roche moutonnee?
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A rock outcrop shaped by glacial erosion
What is a fjord?
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A long, narrow inlet of the sea between steep cliffs