WorksheetsGlaciers
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 9mins
What is plucking?
When rocks become frozen into the glacier and are 'plucked' out when the glacier moves
When rocks scrape the bottom of the corrie
When cracks in rocks fill with water and freeze when it is colder
Which type of erosion makes the corrie deeper?
Plucking
Abrasion
Freeze-thaw weathering
When is a pyramidal peak formed?
When a corrie erodes backwards
When two corries erode backwards towards each other
When three or more corries erode backwards towards each other
What is moraine?
Sand transported by a glacier
Rocks transported by a glacier
Any material transported by a glacier
What is lateral moraine?
Material found in the middle of the glacier
Material found at the end of the glacier
Material found along the edges of the glacier
What is a ribbon lake?
A lake found near the sea
A lake found in a corrie
A long, thin lake found in the valley bottom
What is Striding Edge in the Lake District an example of?
A tarn
A pyramidal peak
An arête
What is Cwm Idwal in Snowdonia an example of?
A corrie
A tarn
A hanging valley
What landform is found where smaller valleys meet the main glaciated valley?
U-shaped valleys
Pyramidal peak
Hanging valley
Which of the following is one of the two main ways ice carries out erosion?
Corrosion
Hydraulic action
Abrasion
Where is the zone of accumulation found?
At the start of a glacier, in highland areas
In the middle of a glacier
At the end of a glacier, in lower altitudes
What sort of movement can be seen in a corrie?
Horizontal slip
Rotational slip
Vertical slip
What is a tarn?
A ridge of high land
A wide valley
A lake within a corrie
Glacial deposits at the junction between two glaciers are called:
Terminal moraine
Lateral moraine
Medial moraine
What is a truncated spur?
A feature of a ribbon lake
An interlocking spur that has been cut by a glacier
A feature of a valley created by a river bursting its banks due to a glacier melting rapidly
What depositional landforms are mounds of material deposited by the glacier that lie parallel to the direction of the ice movement?
Drumlin
Outwash Plain
Erratic
What is material found on the valley floor when a glacier melts called?
Corrosion
Till
Sandstone
