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Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
What do we call the period between ice ages?
Inter-glacial
Peri-glacial
Non-glacial
Mid-glacial
What is the name for the effect that means that more of the sun's energy is reflected off light surfaces?
Albedo
Albino
Albeit
Alpaca
What do we call 'blue ice' that forms glaciers?
Fern
Firn
Furn
Farn
What is the name for the mass movement which glaciers under go due to their weight?
Rotational slumping
Revolutionary slouching
Geometric transition
Frictional displacement
What is the name for a mini-avalanche of powdered snow?
Sluff
Spuff
Swuff
Scuff
Which type of avalanche is the most dangerous?
Loose snow
Slab
Airborne powdered
Channelled
Which cause creates the majority of avalanches globally?
People
Earthquakes
Heavy rain
What is the name for the bottom, gently sloping part of an avalanche zone?
Starting zone
Runout zone
Track
V-shape valley
Which two seasons to the majority of avalanches occur in?
Summer
Autumn
Winter
Spring
How much was the weight of the avalanche which killed 16 sherpas in Nepal in April 2014?
657
756
567
765
