Whiteboard: Glacial Landforms
Review the glacial landforms by seeing if you can tell what kind of landform is shown in each image. Label each image on the whiteboard as one of the glacial landforms you have read about. Then use the notes section to type in an explanation of how each landform was created by glacial activity. After completing the whiteboard, click to see sample answers.
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From top to bottom, the landforms are kettle lake, drumlin, erratic, horn, arête. A kettle lake is a shallow body of water left behind from glacial meltwater. A drumlin is a tear-shaped ridge made of glacial deposits left behind after the glacier retreats. An erratic is a large piece of rock carried by a glacier as it flows and is later deposited. A horn is created when several cirque glaciers erode a mountain from both sides until all that is left is a steep jagged ridge. An arête is a narrow ridge formed when two cirques meet, eroding a mountainside from both ends.
