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Printable worksheet on glaciers with fill-in-the-blank questions about U-shaped valleys, moraines, and the Great Lakes.
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How Glaciers Move and Shape the Land

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This earth science worksheet introduces how glaciers move and shape the landscape. Students read a passage about glacier formation of U-shaped valleys and moraines, then complete fill-in-the-blank sentences and label landforms using vocabulary from the text. Useful for introductory geology lessons, reading comprehension practice, or elementary earth science units.

Subject:
Science
Topic:
Earth Science
Grade Level:
3rd – 5th Grades
Updated June 2026

Word Bank

  • moraines: ridges of loose rock and soil created by a glacier and left behind when the glacier meltsbasin: a large hole or depression in the ground that can contain water

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