For the Week ending 09/04/09
Directions: Choose the word that matches with the definition and appropriately fits into the blank space in the sentence.
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a steep, hollow excavation high on a mountainside, made by glacial erosion; natural amphitheater
The _______, surrounded on three sides by mountains, seemed a gigantic amphitheater. |
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a narrow inlet of the sea between cliffs or steep slopes, often at the edge of a glacier
Huge slabs of ice crash into the _______, as the glaciers calve into icebergs. |
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a small steep-banked mountain lake, filled with glacial water or snow melt.
High in the mountains, the _______ had no water source from a stream or creek. |
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a pinnacle, sharp ridge, or block of ice among the crevasses of a glacier
The steep, glacial slopes of the _______ posed a real challenge, even for experienced ice climbers. |
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a winding, narrow ridge of sand or gravel, deposited by a stream flowing in or under glacial ice
Part of the Denali highway is built on an _______, a natural graveled ridge created by glacier activity. |