WorksheetsGlaciation - erosional land forms
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
What is an arm-chair shaped hollow known as?
Arete
Pyramidal Peak
Corrie
Glacial Trough
Name two characteristics of a corrie.
Reading chair
Hollowed-out basin
Knife-edged ridge
Rock lip
U-shaped valley
What are the two main types of erosion that help form and shape a corrie.
Plucking & Bulldozing
Plucking & Weathering
Plucking & Hydraulic Action
Plucking & Abrasion
After an ice-age a corrie often fills with melt water. This is known as....
A Lake
A Ribbon Lake
A Tarn
A Drumlin
A famous example of a corrie?
Blue Tarn
Green Tarn
Yellow Tarn
Red Tarn
A knife-edged ridge is known as....
A Pyramidal Peak
A Corrie
An Erratic
An Arete
A pyramidal peak is formed from...?
3 or more corries growing
Glacial meltwater
2 corries back-to-back
Plucking and abrasion
A famous Arete is known as....?
Striding Edge
Striding Valley
Steep Edge
Red Tarn
How much of the Earth's land surface is covered by glaciers?
15%
10%
27%
31%
Which one is the odd one out?
Tarn
Cirque
Lake
Cwm
