Font size
WorksheetsGlacial Landforms
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 53mins
What are Glaciers?
(a)
During the last ice Age, what percentage covered most of the land?
30%
60%
90%
15%
Draw how glacial ice is formed.
The front of the glacier is called a....
Snout
Nose
Head
What shape is this valley?
What are the characteristics of a V-Shape Valley?
Narrow Valley Floor
Very Steep Sides
Steep Sides
Wide Flat Floor
Glaciers exist on almost every continent, except (a)
What is plucking?
When rocks rub against the bottom of the glacier and the sides as the Glacier moves
When the rocks are frozen to the bottom or sides of the glacier and are moved from the ground as the glacier moves.
What is abrasion?
When rocks rub against the bottom of the glacier and the sides as the Glacier moves
When the rocks are frozen to the bottom or sides of the glacier and are moved from the ground as the glacier moves.
In class we have looked at four types of Moraines. What are they?
(a)
What is a Moraine?
To describe how the glacier melts
To describe how landforms are formed by the glacier
To describe the front of the glacier.
To describe the weathering and erosion processes.
What type of Moraine is this?
A Lateral Moraine
A Terminal Moraine
A Medial Moraine
A Recessional Moraine
What is another name for a Cirque?
(a)
How is an Arètè formed?
.
After two corries have worn a steep ridge into the rock.
After circles are carved by the base of a glacier.
When glaciers erode forming a sharp-edged peak
Are crevasses dangerous?
Yes
No
What happened here?
The rock was struck with lightening
Freeze-thaw Weathering
Someone sat on the rock
Freeze-thaw weathering is a form of
(a)
As you may remember ice erodes by two main processes:
(a)
Can you draw the process of Freeze Thaw Weathering?
What describes this process: The action of glacial meltwater on joints, cracks and hollows in rock.
(a)
...the water inside the cracks freeze, expands by ___________ and causes the cracks to widen. When the temperature rises, the water thaws and contracts. This causes the rocks to break up.
10%
15%
20%
25%
What temperature does water freeze at?
0 degree C and below
Above 0 degrees
