Ice on the Land (Key terms)

What is accumulation, ablation and the snout?

What is the glacier budget?

What is abrasion and plucking?

What is rotational slip?

What is bulldozing?

What is moraine?

What is a hummock and a drumlin?

What is a corrie?

What is an arete and a pyramidal peak?

What is a glacial trough and a hanging valley?

What is a truncated spur?

What is a ribbon lake?

What is lateral, medial and terminal moraine?

What is an avalanche?

Name two different types of avalanches and describe.