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Glacial Landforms

Authored by Helen Chambers

Geography

7th Grade

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Glacial Landforms
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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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