Worksheets4 - Glaciers and Landforms
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 7mins
What is an ice age ?
Line on a map joining places that are the same height above sea level
the change from liquid to gas
the time where earth's average temperature was lower than usual and glaciers spread
a sheet of ice that is attached to land, but floats on the ocean
Why did glaciers flow ?
Force of gravity
Pressure of the glacial's weight
All of the above
How are glaciers formed ?
Rain turned into snow
Layers of snow are compressed.
Hot air convects and form snows.
Long winter
Which statements best describes the process of 'plucking'?
Rubbing against each other
Ripping of material
The action of meltwater
The area in which snow/ice builds up within the glacial system, is known as the ...
Zone of Accumulation
Zone of Ablation
The end of the glacier is known as the...
Mouth
Nose
Snout
Tail
Cracks in the glacier can also be referred to as...
Land drops
Crevasses
Gorges
Scoops
Glaciers found on top of mountains are called...
Land Glaciers
Mountain Glaciers
What is plucking?
When rocks become frozen into the glacier and are 'plucked' out when the glacier moves
When rocks scrape the bottom of the corrie
When cracks in rocks fill with water and freeze when it is colder
When is a pyramidal peak formed?
When a corrie erodes backwards
When two corries erode backwards towards each other
When three or more corries erode backwards towards each other
What is a ribbon lake?
A lake found near the sea
A lake found in a corrie
A long, thin lake found in the valley bottom
Which of the following is one of the two main ways ice carries out erosion?
Corrosion
Hydraulic action
Abrasion
What is a tarn?
A ridge of high land
A wide valley
A lake within a corrie
What is material found on the valley floor when a glacier melts called?
Corrosion
Till
Sandstone
