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Glacial Landforms

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are the two different types of glaciers?

a)

Alpine

b)

Ice sheets

c)

Alpine and Ice sheets

d)

Cold and wet

2.

Three glacial landforms

a)

Pyramidal Peak

b)

Arete

c)

Arête

d)

Corrie

3.

What is a glacier?

a)

A mass of ice that takes 100 years to go down a mountain

b)

A frozen river

c)

I don't know

d)

A body of land-based ice that moves under its own weight due to gravity

4.

Types of Morains

a)

Terminal

b)

Glacial

c)

Lateral

d)

Medial

5.

Deposition

a)

To change direction

b)

To deposit rocks

c)

To deposit

d)

None of the above

6.

Which upland area of the UK has glacial features?

a)

Exmoor

b)

Dartmoor

c)

Snowdonia

d)

We didn't learn this

7.

What is material found on the valley floor when a glacier melts called?

a)

Till

b)

Sand

c)

Corrosion

d)

Gold

8.

What is the name for the deposition of material down the side of a glacier?

a)

Medial Moraine

b)

Lateral Moraine

c)

Terminal Moraine

d)

What...

9.

Striation

a)

Scratches in the rocks

b)

Deep groves made by sharp edges of stones

c)

When you straighten something

d)

Sharp stones

10.

Are you choosing Geo for your GCSE's?

a)

Yes

b)

No

c)

Maybe

d)

No clue

11.

Name this landform

a)

Corrie

b)

Backwall

c)

Arete

d)

Scree

12.

Name the two main processes of glacial erosion

a)

Abrasion

b)

Freeze Thaw

c)

Attrition

d)

Plucking

13.

What is this glacial feature called?

a)

Hanging Valley

b)

Corrie

c)

Glacial Trough

d)

Waterfall