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WorksheetsGlaciers
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 2mins
Layers of snow compresses into glacier ice called
Holly Ice
Firn Ice
Daisy Ice
Thick Ice
Valley glaciers can be found in the Himalayas and what other mountain range
Dublin Mountains
Wicklow Mountains
Alps
Scottish Highlands
The glacial erosion process that removes rock from the ground and valley sides
Scooping
Attrition
Compression
Plucking
Moraine found along the sides of a glacier is
Side moraine
Lateral Moraine
Terminal Moraine
Medial Moraine
Another name for a CIRQUE is a
Cave
Lake
Corrie
Arete
The erosion process that widens and deepens the cirque
Abrasion
Hydraulic Action
Attrition
Plucking
A knife-edged ridge that forms when 2 cirques are back -to-back
Arete
Hanging Valley
Corrie
Lake
The glacial valley that lies above the main U-shaped valley is a
Swinging Valley
V-shaped Valley
Hanging Valley
River Valley
A cirque that contains a lake is called a ....... lake
Ribbon
Tarn
Upper lake
Lower lake
Pyramidal Peaks are in the shape of a
Circle
Square
Cube
Triangle
