Glaciers Year 7

What is a glacier?

• A slow moving river of ice, found in colder regions f the world.

• A fast piece of moving sand a gravel

• a big rock that fell from the sky

• A small piece of clay that moves

How much of The earth is covered by glaciers?

• 15%

• 5%

• 30%

• 10%

What is an ice age?

• A time in history when there was a drop in global temperatures and there was an increase of alpine and continental glaciers across the landscape.

• A time when the earth was very warm

• A time when there was heavy rain and wind across the earth

• it is a very popular kids movie!!!

What are the two types of erosion that shape the land?

• Deposition and water

• Rock and arete

• Plucking and Abrasion

• Speed and Power

Name on of the main types of weathering?

• Drifting

• Freeze Thaw Weathering

• Jumping

• All of the above

How would you recognise a u-shaped valley on a OS map?

• Contour lines would start of far apart and then they would mover closer together as they go up the side of the valley.

• Contour lines would be evenly spread out

• There would be no contour lines

• There is no such thing as a ushaped valley.

How do we as humans depend on glaciers?

• For fresh water and for Agriculture.

• For Mountain dew and Oreos

• For coal and gas

• For ice cream and cake