Glacial Landforms

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

• Corry

• Arete

• Corrie

• Pyramidal Peak

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

• A pyramidal peak

• Twin peaks

• An arete

• A tarn

A corrie has 3 distinct features. What are these?

• A steep back wall, gentle sides and ice in the hollow.

• A flat base, a snout and a steep back wall.

• A snout, gentle sides and a lip.

• A steep back wall, an over-deepened hollow and a lip.

U shaped valleys are sometimes known by a different name. What is this name?

• V shaped valleys

• Galactic troughs

• Glacial troughs

• O shaped valleys

Glacial troughs have distinct characteristics. What are these characteristics?

• A misfit river, steep sides and a wide valley floor.

• V shaped cross section with a river running through the valley .

• Very steep sides and a river filling the valley.

• A river that is far too big for the narrow valley.

Which of the following is a U shaped valley in the Lake District?

• Ribble valley

• Sognefjord

• Nant Pass

• Langdale

There are three main types of glacial erosion. What are these?

• Attrition, abrasion and freeze-thaw

• Plucking, abrasion and freeze thaw.

• Picking, freeze-thaw and abrasion

• Freeze-thaw, puckering and abrasion

Which is the odd one out?

• Ice age

• corrie

• Interglacial

Which is the odd one out?

• Corrie

• Arete

• Snout

Which is the odd one out?

• Abrasion

• Plucking

• Glacial till