11.3H| Using Google Earth to Interpret Glacial Landforms

In this exercise, you will use the Google Earth browser to examine some landforms formed during alpine glaciation. Be sure to have completed all of the preceding assignments so you have the necessary background knowledge to understand the questions. 

Instructions

Carefully study each illustration and read each question, then choose or compose the best answer. You have 3 attempts and no time limit.

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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, photographs, and topographic maps