Surfin’ Safari – Glaciers and Ice Ages
Name: _________________________________________________ Section: _______
1. What are the two (2) kinds of glaciers?
________________________________ and ______________________________
2. What are the names of Earth’s two (2) continental ice sheets?
_______________________________ and ________________________________
3. Massachusetts landforms include the following: esker hills, rock striations
(scratches), polished rock, drumlin hills, kettle holes and kettle lakes, as well as
U-shaped valleys, and erratic boulders. The collection of landforms listed above
are evidence of what kind of past activity in Massachusetts? (circle your answer)
A) Asteroid Impacts
B) Earthquakes
C) Volcanoes
D) Glaciers
E) Rivers
4. Walden Pond in Concord is an example of which type of glacial feature?
A) Esker Hill
B) Rock Striation
C) Drumlin Hill
D) Kettle Hole
E) Erratic
5. List two (2) “Ice Age Fun Facts” (from the chart) that you found interesting.
A)
B)
6. When did “Snowball Earth” occur? ______________________ million years ago
7. When did “The Great Ice Age” begin? ____________________ million years ago
8. When was the peak of “The Great Ice Age?” ________________ years ago.
IMPORTANT NOTE:
>>> We are currently in an “interglacial period” of “The Great Ice Age.”
>>> We are currently in an Ice Age now because there are still two (2) major ice sheets
remaining on Earth (Greenland and Antarctica).
9. List three (3) examples of Pleistocene Epoch Megafauna (giant mammals):
________________________________ and _________________________________
and ________________________________
10. Open the “Amazing Ice Photo Gallery.” Scroll all the way to the bottom of the
page, viewing all of the images as you slowly scroll down. Which two (2) images
were your favorites? Describe them below.
A)
B)