Moraine

Question 1

How many types of moraine are there?

Answer 1

5

Question 2

What is lateral moraine?

Answer 2

A long mound of material deposited where the side of the glacier was.

Question 3

Medial moraine?

Answer 3

A long mound of material deposited where two lateral moraines have joined together as two glaciers meet. It’s in the centre of the valley.

Question 4

Terminal moraine

Answer 4

Builds up at snout of glacier when it remains stationary. Widest and highest type of moraine.

Question 5

Recessional moraine

Answer 5

Is moraine left by a glacier during a temporary halt in the retreat of the ice.

Question 6

Ground moraine

Answer 6

A thin layer of material deposited over a large area as a glacier melts.