Summary

Goals

Knowing what factors caused the ice ages.
Knowing what the last Ice Age was like.
Being able to recongize different signs of the last Ice Age.
Being able to describe how different structures formed as a result of glacial movement.

Ice ages are long periods of time during which the planet's surface is covered in ice..
Glacialized rocks, drumlins, and till are the result of advancing glacial ice.
Eskers, giant's cauldrons, kettles, and ridges are the result of retreating and melting glacial ice.
Key words: ice age, the Quarternary glaciation, till, drumlin, glacialized rock, erratic boulder, kettle lake, esker, ridge, giant's cauldron, clay.