Glacial Landforms by Erosion

Glacial Landforms by Erosion

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Glaciers went through three processes:

• Erosion

• Deposition

• Respiration

• Transportation

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Name the two main processes of glacial erosion.

• Abrasion

• Freeze Thaw

• Attrition

• Plucking

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What is this glacial landform called as?

• Snow

• Ice Sheet

• Mountain Glacier

• Crevasse

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What makes plucking easier?

• Freeze-thaw weathering

• Striations

• Abrasion

• Melting

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Mixture in which it was deposited when ice melts is called as

• glacier

• glacial till

• meltwater

Draw

Label the picture below.

Multiple Choice

Which photo shows U-shaped valley?

• A

• B

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What is the name of the armchair shaped hollow created by glacial erosion on a mountain side?

• Arete

• Corrie

• Pyramidal Peak

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Where 2 corries develop side by side, the glaciers eros the rock leaving a knife-like edge. What is this called?

• A pyramidal peak

• An arete

• A tarn

Multiple Choice

Name this landform

• Corrie

• Arete

• Scree

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Name this feature

• Corrie

• Coombe

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What is the name of this glacial landform?

• Pyramidal Peak

• Arete

• Corrie

Multiple Select

Which of the following glacial landforms are shaped by erosion?

• U-shape valley

• Ribbon lakes

• Waterfall

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Glacier tend to flow down river valley.

• TRUE

• FALSE

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Glacier has no effect on the shape of a valley.

• TRUE

• FALSE

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Glacier make the landscape smoother than it was before.

• TRUE

• FALSE