Glacial Landforms
Authored by Helen Chambers
Geography
7th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the name of the armchair shaped hollow created by glacial erosion on a mountain side?
Corry
Arete
Corrie
Pyramidal Peak
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
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
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
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.
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
U shaped valleys are sometimes known by a different name. What is this name?
V shaped valleys
Galactic troughs
Glacial troughs
O shaped valleys
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
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.
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which of the following is a U shaped valley in the Lake District?
Ribble valley
Sognefjord
Nant Pass
Langdale
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
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
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