Humanities - Glaciers

Which of the following biomes would you find in Antarctic?

• Forest

• Tundra

• Desert

• Taiga

This is ........ ?

• A corrie

• An arete

• A wholly Mammoth

• An Ice sheet

This is?

• A rock Glacier

• An Iceberg

• A Pyramidal Peak

• A Tundra

Most of the ice in the world is where?

• Canada

• Greenland

• London

• Antarctica

Glacier grow and shrink and flow like rivers.

• True

• False

Which term describes: melted water at the base and sides of the glacier freeze onto the surrounding rock. As the glacier moves, the rock which is embedded in the ice is pulled away.

• Abrasion

• Plucking

• Cirque

• Snowballing

When water freezes and expands, and breaks the rock apart. Which term below describes this process?

• Plucking

• Erosion

• A Corrie

• Freeze-thaw weathering

Another word for a corrie is:

• A Cirque

• Erosion

• Plucking

• An abrasion

This is a picture of:

• A corrie

• A U shaped Vallie

• A V shaped valley

• GICs new senior school location

Where are ribbon lakes formed?

• At the top of a tall mountain

• At the base of glacial troughs once the ice has melted

• Where smaller valleys meet larger ones

• In Delta cities