WorksheetsGlaciers (up to 1.2.5)
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 7mins
Name the glacial landform
Cirque
Ribbon lake
Glacial trough
Crag and tail
Which statements best describes the process of 'plucking'?
Rubbing against each other
Ripping of material
The action of meltwater
Which of the following is created as a result of freeze-thaw weathering?
Till
Moraine
Scree
Which of the following will affect the rate of erosion by a glacier?
Basal thermal temperature
Velocity of glacier
Steepness of relief
Hardness of rock
Name the process shown.
Weathering
Freeze-thaw
Erosion
Abrasion
What does the term fluvio-glacial mean?
Water in the river
Water from the glacier
Fluid on the land
Debris from the glacier
Which glacial process is responsible to striations?
Plucking
Abrasion
Subglacial fluvial erosion
What type of ice mass is shown?
Cirque glacier
Sea ice
Piedmont glacier
What type of ice mass is shown here?
Valley glacier
Cirque glacier
Piedmont glacier
Which of these ice masses is the largest?
Ice sheet
Sea ice
Valley glacier
Cirque glacier
Which of these is an example of a cirque glacier?
Aletch
Cadair Idris
Greenland
Which of these is an example of a valley glacier?
Aletch
Cadair Idris
Greenland
