What is the term for sediment deposited by a glacier?
- Correct Answer: moraine
- plateau
- holocene
- crater
Explanation: Moraine is sediment deposited by a glacier. A ground moraine is a thick layer of sediments left behind by a retreating glacier. An end moraine is a low ridge of sediments deposited at the end of the glacier. It marks the greatest distance the glacier advanced.
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