WorksheetsChapter 4 Glaciers
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 19mins
What are glaciers?
A dry and cold place with no inhabitants
A deep frozen ground which thaws during summer
Large masses of ice that flows
Ice that forms when an ocean freezes over
Which of the following are true about glaciers?
Glaciers flow under the pressure of its own weight
Glaciers depend on rain
Glaciers can be found in every continent except Oceania
Glaciers on mountain are called as ice sheets
What is this glacial landform called as?
Snow
Ice Sheet
Mountain Glacier
Crevasse
Glaciers went through three processes:
Erosion
Deposition
Respiration
Transportation
A glacier is like a big bulldozer. What does it mean?
What makes plucking easier?
Freeze-thaw weathering
Striations
Abrasion
Melting
Mixture in which it was deposited when ice melts is called as
glacier
glacial till
glaciation
meltwater
What is the name of this glacial landform?
Crevasse
Pyramidal Peak
Arete
Corrie
When two corries form side by side, it will leave a sharp ridge of rock called...
Moraine
Arete
Pyramidal Peak
Snowball
Which of the following glacial landforms are shaped by erosion?
U-shape valley
Ribbon lakes
Erratics
Waterfall
What is lateral moraine?
A famous place in the UK where this area was glaciated
Edinburgh
Lake District
Camp Green Lake
Thames
What is the difference between U-shape valley and V-shape valley?
Give one reason why glaciers are important to us
In your opinion, what can the authorities do to slow down the melting of glaciers?
