Glacier Lesson Worksheet

Provide a brief answer to each of the questions below based on the images.

view is looking up, over the toe of Carbon Glacier toward the peak of Mount Rainier in Washington Question 1

This view is looking up, over the toe of Carbon Glacier toward the peak of Mount Rainier in Washington. Why do you think there are rocks on top of the glacier? How did they get there?


picture of the beach near Montauk Point on Long Island Question 2

This is a picture of the beach near Montauk Point on Long Island (at the eastern end of Long Island, New York). Usually rocks on a beach are well rounded by wave action. These are not. Where could they have come from?



Valley in North Cascades National Park in Washington Question 3

This valley is in North Cascades National Park in Washington. What shape is this valley, and what gave it the shape?

This rock and wall is at the Cloisters Museum in New York City Question 4

This rock and wall is at the Cloisters Museum in New York City (on Manhattan Island). What are the "scratches" called, and how do they form? Why are they in New York City?

This picture shows two types of rocks on a mountaintop in northern New Jersey.

Question 5

This picture shows two types of rocks on a mountaintop in northern New Jersey. This is a large boulder of a layered sandstone (a sedimentary rock) resting on granite bedrock (an igneous rock). Sandstone, like this boulder, is found on a mountain about 30 miles away. How this boulder might get here?

This view is looking north along the Husdon River in Southern New York Extra Brain Teaser

This view is looking north along the Hudson River in Southern New York. Although the "Hudson" is a "River" - early explorers of the region thought that the broad river might be a passage for boat travel across North America. Although they were disappointed, they did note that the Hudson River is salty all the way to its headwater regions near Albany, New York (nearly 200 miles from the ocean). Could you explain why the Hudson River is salty?