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Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 10mins
During the ice age, the water levels in the oceans were .....
higher.
lower.
Glaciers are made of compacted snow over a period of time.
False
True
What landform is shown in the image?
Arete
Cirque
Erratic
Till
Why is the glacier so dirty?
The glacier picks up rocks and transports it to the top of the glacier.
Rocky debris fall off the steep sides of the mountains and accumulate on the top of the glaciers.
The glacier carries debris as it moves and small sediment like sand is blown via wind to the top of the glacier.
All of the above
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 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
Which of the following is one of the two main ways ice carries out erosion?
Corrosion
Hydraulic action
Abrasion
What is a tarn?
A ridge of high land
A wide valley
A lake within a corrie
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 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
