Toronto's Glacial History Quiz
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What is the name of the ridge about 2km inland from the shore of Glacial Lake Iroquois?

  • Iroquois Shoreline (correct)
  • Davenport Road
  • Scarborough Bluffs
  • Oak Ridges Moraine

What are drumlins?

  • Rivers flowing through Toronto with their headwaters in the Oak Ridges Moraine
  • Moraine formations left behind by glacial ice sheets
  • Elongated, teardrop-shaped hills formed by the movement of glacial ice sheets (correct)
  • Well-sorted and stratified sand and gravel formations

Where do the rivers flowing through Toronto have their headwaters?

  • Oak Ridges Moraine (correct)
  • Scarborough Bluffs
  • Iroquois Shoreline
  • Glacial Lake Iroquois

What were the Toronto Islands originally?

<p>A 9km-long peninsula or sand spit extending from the mainland (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the name of the ridge that forms part of the shoreline of the ancient Glacial Lake Iroquois?

<p>Scarborough Bluffs (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the name of the ridge that forms part of the shoreline of the ancient Glacial Lake Iroquois?

<p>Iroquois Shoreline (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are drumlins?

<p>Elongated, teardrop-shaped hills of well-sorted sand and gravel (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Where do the rivers flowing through Toronto have their headwaters?

<p>Oak Ridges Moraine (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What were the Toronto Islands originally?

<p>A 9km-long peninsula or sand spit extending from the mainland (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the direction of the elongated end of a drumlin?

<p>Points in the direction of the ice flow (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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