Year 7 UK Climate and Glacial Landscapes Week 17

A glacier is __________

• series of frozen lakes that line up parallel to one another 
• series of frozen seas that rest in the interior of continents 
• o  large body of ice that does not move across the earth's surface 
• large body of ice and snow that shows evidence of movement 

Glaciers form when _____.

• less snow falls than melts 
• more snow falls than melts 
• less rain falls than freezes 
• more rain falls than freezes 

What letter of the alphabet does a glacial valley most closely resemble?

• U
• V
• W
• X

_____ is when rock debris in base of the ice scratches away.

• Plucking
• Abrasion
• Weathering
• Erosion

_____ is the removal of large chunks of rock debris.

• Plucking
• Abrasion
• Weathering
• Erosion

What is climate?

• What's happening in space at a time and place.
• What's happening in our atmosphere at a time and place
• The average weather over many years
• The average temperature over many years.

What is weather?

• What's happening in space at a time and place.
• What's happening in our atmosphere at a time and place.
• The average weather over many years
• The average temperature over many years.

For each (a)   metres you climb a mountain the temperature decreases by 1°C

Areas near the equator tend to have warmer climates because solar energy is more concentrated there.

• True

• False

The further away you go from the sea, changes in temperature become more extreme.

• True

• False