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1st Year

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is plucking?

a)

When a glacier scours the valley floor.

b)

When the snout of the glacier pushes deposited sediment.

c)

When rocks become frozen into glacier and are plucked out when the glacier moves.

d)

When frozen water expands and forces cracks in rocks to get bigger and break apart.

2.

What is a glacier?

a)

A glacier is any piece of ice that moves.

b)

A glacier is a mass of ice that thaws and re-freezes repeatedly.

c)

To be considered a glacier, a mass of ice must be at least 1 mile thick

d)

Glaciers are masses of ice made made up of snow that has accumulated and compacted over time .

3.
What are the two main types of glacial erosion?
a)
Abrasion and plucking
b)
Plucking and freeze-thaw
c)
Chemical and biological
d)
Abrasion and hydraulic action
4.

Which letter represents the shape of valleys created by glaciers?

a)

V

b)

U

c)

W

d)

L

5.

Large rocks or boulders that are transported by glaciers are called...

a)

striations

b)

erratics

c)

till

d)

abrasions

6.

Identify the glacial landforms created by erosion:

a)

arête

b)

till

c)

ice

d)

moraine

7.

Large rocks or boulders that are transported by glaciers are called...

a)

striations

b)

erratics

c)

till

d)

abrasions

8.
A _____ is a tear-drop-shaped hill created by ice flow over and around till deposit.
a)
drumlin
b)
esker
c)
moraine
d)
erratic
9.

In which direction did the glacier that formed these drumlins move?

a)

From east to west

b)

From south to north

c)

From west to east

d)

From north to south

10.

After an ice-age a corrie often fills with melt water. This is known as....

a)

A Lake

b)

A Ribbon Lake

c)

A Tarn

d)

A Drumlin

11.

A pyramidal peak is formed from...?

a)

3 or more corries growing

b)

Glacial meltwater

c)

2 corries back-to-back

d)

Plucking and abrasion

12.

The diagram represents a stream valley. Which diagram below best shows how this valley might be modified after a glacier has moved through it?

a)
b)
c)
d)
13.

Name this landform

a)

Corrie

b)

Backwall

c)

Arete

d)

Scree

14.

What is this glacial feature called?

a)

Hanging Valley

b)

Corrie

c)

Glacial Trough

d)

Waterfall