Glaciation - erosional land forms

What is an arm-chair shaped hollow known as?

• Arete

• Pyramidal Peak

• Corrie

• Glacial Trough

Name two characteristics of a corrie.

• Reading chair

• Hollowed-out basin

• Knife-edged ridge

• Rock lip

• U-shaped valley

What are the two main types of erosion that help form and shape a corrie.

• Plucking & Bulldozing

• Plucking & Weathering

• Plucking & Hydraulic Action

• Plucking & Abrasion

After an ice-age a corrie often fills with melt water. This is known as....

• A Lake

• A Ribbon Lake

• A Tarn

• A Drumlin

A famous example of a corrie?

• Blue Tarn

• Green Tarn

• Yellow Tarn

• Red Tarn

A knife-edged ridge is known as....

• A Pyramidal Peak

• A Corrie

• An Erratic

• An Arete

A pyramidal peak is formed from...?

• 3 or more corries growing

• Glacial meltwater

• 2 corries back-to-back

• Plucking and abrasion

A famous Arete is known as....?

• Striding Edge

• Striding Valley

• Steep Edge

• Red Tarn

How much of the Earth's land surface is covered by glaciers?

• 15%

• 10%

• 27%

• 31%

Which one is the odd one out?

• Tarn

• Cirque

• Lake

• Cwm