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LD ES - Ch 5

LD Earth Science - Chapter 5 - Glaciers, Oceans & Landscapes

TermDefinition
Alpine Glacier Glaciers that forms in high mountains & flows through valleys, giving them a U-shape
Arid dry; a climate in which there is little precipitation
Annular Stream pattern of concentric circles formed on a mountain whose rocks have differing ability to resist weathering
Continental glacier A glacier that spreads over a "wide" geographic area
Dendritic Drainage pattern resembling a tree an its branches
Drainage pattern Arrangement of adjoining streams as seen from above
Drumlin Oval-shaped mound of unsorted glacial till
Erratic Large boulder dropped by a glacier
Escarpment Steep slope or cliff where resistant layers of rock overlie weaker layers
Esker Winding ridge of sand & gravel deposited by a steam confined to a tunnel under a glacier
Finger Lakes Lakes created in western New York State as the advancing ice deeply scoured former north-south river valleys
Glacial Polish Bedrock surface smoothed by the passage of a glacier
Kame Delta deposited by a stream at the end of a glacier
Kettle A depression that may be the result of the melting of a buried block of ice
Kettle Lake Lake formed when a block of glacial ice melts
Landform Unit of rock of uniform age or composition
Landscape General shape of a region on Earth's surface
Moraine Unsorted mound of sediment deposited directly by moving ice
Mountain Landscape region characterized by non-horizontal rock structure & great topographic relief landscape feature usually characterized by high elevation & steep slopes
Outwash Plain Layered deposits left by water from a glacier
Plain Landscape region characterized by horizontal rock structure & low topographic relief
Plateau Landscape region characterized by horizontal rock structure & high topographic relief (a plateau is usually a relatively flat or rolling uplands area deeply cut by stream valleys)
Radical Stream pattern in which streams radiate like spokes of a wheel down the sides of a central mountain such as a volcano
Relief Change in elevation from one place to another
Topography Shape of the land surface
Trellis Drainage pattern in which most of the streams occupy parallel valleys pattern usually develops on folded strata of rocks with differing resistance to erosion
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