What is the difference between till and stratified drift?

What will be an ideal response?


Till is unsorted sediment deposited directly by glacial ice. Stratified drift is sorted sediment deposited by glacial meltwater.

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What did the USGS discover when they studied the Slumgullion feature?

A) There were different parts with different ages. B) Movement formed folds, faults, fissures, and zones of shearing. C) Some parts of the material moved faster than other parts. D) All of these are correct.

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Which of the following regions has the highest population density?


A) South Asia
B) Australia
C) Russia
D) Africa
E) North America

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The highest wind speed observed with an anemometer was 231 mph at Mt. Washington, NH on 12 April 1934. Plot 231 in New Hampshire on Figure 4. What will be an ideal response?

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The U.S. Army participated in extermination of the American bison during the mid-1800s because

A. The Army desperately needed meat B. Native people depended on the bison for food and shelter C. The Army needed leather for shoes D. The United States wanted the Great Plains free for agriculture E. None of these, the U.S. Army did not participate in extermination of the American bison

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