Glaciers

This land form was most likely formed by __________.

• the movement of wind

• the movement of water

• the movement of a glacier

• the movement of a tornado

This image shows the slow movement of a glacier. What process is taking place at the point where the ice lands on the water.

• weathering of sediment

• deposition of sediment

• erosion of sediment

• melting of sediment

Particles of rock that are deposited by a glacier is

• (an) Iceberg

• glacial till

• (a) moraine

Abrasion is...

• the destruction of plant life due to a glacier

• another term for plucking

• when the glacier melts into carved out pieces of land and creates a lake

• boulders and rocks scraping away at lower rock like a file

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

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?

• Abrasion

• Plucking

• Glacial till