11.2C| Reading & Reading Questions: Glaciers

Instructions

Read Chapter 14, Glaciers, from your textbook. While reading, take notes and watch any videos to help you achieve the learning objectives.

After completing the reading assignment, you should be ready to answer the following questions successfully. Read each question carefully and choose or compose the best answer choice. You have 3 attempts and no time limit.  

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Time Needed

About 1.5 hours. 

Learning Objectives

• Describe the role weathering, mass wasting, and erosion play in shaping Earth’s surface and can provide and/or identify examples of each of these processes
• Describe the evolution of landforms and geologic structures in the context of constructive and/or destructive geologic processes
• Identify and interpret erosional and depositional glacial landform features in illustrations and photographs
• Describe what controls the budget of a glacier 
• Explain the causes and effects of ice ages and glaciation