Physical Geography Video and Quiz

"Landforms Produced by Continental Glaciation: Eskers, Tunnel Valleys, Kames, and Drumlins"

After watching the "Landforms Produced by Continental Glaciation: Eskers, Tunnel Valleys, Kames, and Drumlins" video, consider the questions below. Then "submit" your response.

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1. Eskers are:

narrow, sinuous ridges

small, hump-shaped hills

conical hills

high mountains

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2. Eskers are formed when:

glaciers stop moving

glaciers retreat

rivers form under glaciers

meltwater flows away from glaciers

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3. Eskers are convenient sources of:

building stone

sand and gravel

decorative boulders

oil and gas

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4. The Finger Lakes in upstate New York may have been formed by:

large bodies of water under glaciers

glacial meltwater

accumulation of water after the glaciers were gone

dams

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5. Kames:

consist of sand and gravel

form near the edge of a glacier or under a depression in the glacier surface

are rounded or conical-shaped hills

all of the above