UK physical landscapes - glaciation quiz

When did the last ice age end?

• 30,000 years ago

• 40,000 years ago

• 10,000 years ago

• 1000,000 years ago

Which best describes how much of the UK was covered by ice in the last ice age?

• All of the UK

• All of Scotland, parts of Northern England, most of Wales

• All of Scotland, Northern England and the Midlands, most of Wales

• All of Scotland, Southern England and the Midlands, all of Wales

Plucking is...

• ..when bits of rock stuck in the ice grind against the rock below, wearing it away.

• ..when water in the cracks of rocks freezes and expands, breaking the rock up from within. Tends to occur in mountainous areas.

• ..when a small hollow is made into a larger one by glacial erosional processes

• ..when meltwater at the base, back or sides of a glacier freezes onto the rock. As the glacier moves forward it pulls pieces of rocks out.

Abrasion is...

• ..when bits of rock stuck in the ice grind against the rock below, wearing it away.

• ..when water in the cracks of rocks freezes and expands, breaking the rock up from within. Tends to occur in mountainous areas.

• ..when a small hollow is made into a larger one by glacial erosional processes

• ..when meltwater at the base, back or sides of a glacier freezes onto the rock. As the glacier moves forward it pulls pieces of rocks out.

Freeze thaw weathering is...

• ..when bits of rock stuck in the ice grind against the rock below, wearing it away.

• ..when water in the cracks of rocks freezes and expands, breaking the rock up from within. Tends to occur in mountainous areas.

• ..when a small hollow is made into a larger one by glacial erosional processes

• ..when meltwater at the base, back or sides of a glacier freezes onto the rock. As the glacier moves forward it pulls pieces of rocks out.

Name this landform

• Arete

• Corrie

• Tarn

• Backwall

Name this landform

• Tarn

• Corrie

• Pyramidal peak

• Arete

What is the name for the way that glaciers move in upland areas?

• Bulldozing

• Rotational slip

• Gravity movement

• Plucking

What best describes the shape of a corrie?

• Steep sided, rock lip

• Steep sided, narrow ridge

• Steep sided, convex

• Steep sided, arm chair

Ribbon lakes form where....

• Softer rock areas of the valley floor are eroded by the glacier leaving hollows which fill with water

• Harder rock areas of the valley floor are eroded by the glacier leaving hollows which fill with water

• Softer rock areas of the valley floor are filled in by deposition leading to lakes