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Chapter 4 Glaciers

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 19mins

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Class
Date
1.

What are glaciers?

a)

A dry and cold place with no inhabitants

b)

A deep frozen ground which thaws during summer

c)

Large masses of ice that flows

d)

Ice that forms when an ocean freezes over

2.

Which of the following are true about glaciers?

a)

Glaciers flow under the pressure of its own weight

b)

Glaciers depend on rain

c)

Glaciers can be found in every continent except Oceania

d)

Glaciers on mountain are called as ice sheets

3.

What is this glacial landform called as?

a)

Snow

b)

Ice Sheet

c)

Mountain Glacier

d)

Crevasse

4.

Glaciers went through three processes:

a)

Erosion

b)

Deposition

c)

Respiration

d)

Transportation

5.

A glacier is like a big bulldozer. What does it mean?

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6.

What makes plucking easier?

a)

Freeze-thaw weathering

b)

Striations

c)

Abrasion

d)

Melting

7.

Mixture in which it was deposited when ice melts is called as

a)

glacier

b)

glacial till

c)

glaciation

d)

meltwater

8.

What is the name of this glacial landform?

a)

Crevasse

b)

Pyramidal Peak

c)

Arete

d)

Corrie

9.

When two corries form side by side, it will leave a sharp ridge of rock called...

a)

Moraine

b)

Arete

c)

Pyramidal Peak

d)

Snowball

10.

Which of the following glacial landforms are shaped by erosion?

a)

U-shape valley

b)

Ribbon lakes

c)

Erratics

d)

Waterfall

11.

What is lateral moraine?

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12.

A famous place in the UK where this area was glaciated

a)

Edinburgh

b)

Lake District

c)

Camp Green Lake

d)

Thames

13.

What is the difference between U-shape valley and V-shape valley?

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14.

Give one reason why glaciers are important to us

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15.

In your opinion, what can the authorities do to slow down the melting of glaciers?

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