Year 9 Geography Revision Quiz

What is the term for the 'dropping' of material carried by a glacier due to melting/retreat?

• Erosion

• Deposition

• Transportation

• Weathering

Large piles of till deposited by a glacier in the valley are called:

• Drumlins

• Eskers

• Moraine

• Erratics

Unsorted, eroded material carried by the glacier is called:

• Till

• Sediment

• Alluvium

• Clay

A boulder that has been deposited by a glacier and is different to the rock type in the area is called:

• Drumlin

• Erratic

• Moraine

• Till

An oval hill created by the streamlined movement of glaciers across rock debris is called:

• Esker

• Kame

• Drumlin

• Moraine

Ridges made of sediment deposited by glacial meltwater flowing through tunnels under glaciers are called:

• Drumlins

• Eskers

• Kames

• Moraines

A lake created in a corrie when the ice has melted is called:

• Ribbon lake

• Oxbow lake

• Tarn

• Reservoir

The small ridge at the front of a corrie is called:

• Arete

• Lip

• Spur

• Ridge

Long, thin, deep lakes left in the valley floor after the glacier has melted are called:

• Tarns

• Fjords

• Ribbon lakes

• Oxbow lakes

The bowl-shaped hollow where a glacier starts from is called:

• Cirque

• Corrie

• Both a and b

• Valley head