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Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
How much of the World's surface is covered by ice?
5%
10%
12%
30%
How many years ago did the last Ice Age begin?
About 2 years ago
About 3000 years ago
About 10,000 years ago
About 30,000 years ago
What are warmer periods of time that are not ice ages known as?
Glacial
Intergalactic
Interglacial
Hot
Glaciers form during ice ages and more snow is added to the glaciers high up in the mountains. This is known as..
Ablation
Accumulation
Blizzard
Snow fall
What is plucking?
When a glacier scours the valley floor.
When the snout of the glacier pushes deposited sediment.
When rocks become frozen into glacier and are plucked out when the glacier moves.
When frozen water expands and forces cracks in rocks to get bigger and break apart.
What is Abrasion?
When a glacier scours the valley floor.
When the snout of the glacier pushes deposited sediment.
When rocks become frozen into glacier and are plucked out when the glacier moves.
When frozen water expands and forces cracks in rocks to get bigger and break apart.
During the process of freeze-thaw weathering, when water freezes it expands by how much?
5%
7%
8%
9%
What is the front part of a glacier called?
Nose
Beak
Snout
Peak
Glaciers can be found in which Mountain range in Europe today?
The Lake District
The Alps
Snowdonia
The Pennines
The pushing of deposited sediment by the snout of the glacier as it advances downhill or the valley is known as....
Plucking
Abrasion
Bulldozing
Deposition
