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Worksheets5 - Glaciers EOT Quiz
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
How are glaciers formed ?
Rain turned into snow
Layers of snow are compressed.
Hot air convects and form snows.
Long winter
Glaciers found on top of mountains are called...
Land Glaciers
Mountain Glaciers
Snow falls heavily near the top of the glacier, what is this called? Zone of (a)
What is this image representing?
Abrasion
Plucking
Freeze Thaw
Deposition
Why do glaciers move?
Gravity
Weight
Gravity AND weight
What are you talking about? Glaciers don't move!
What is the name of the armchair shaped hollow created by glacial erosion on a mountain side?
corry
arete
corrie
pyramidal peak
What are the two main types of erosion that help form and shape a corrie.
plucking & bulldozing
plucking & weathering
plucking & hydraulic action
plucking & abrasion
What glacial landform is this?
waterfall
U-shaped valley
arete
ribbon lake
Why did glaciers flow ?
Force of gravity
Pressure of the glacial's weight
All of the above
The end of the glacier is known as the...
Mouth
Nose
Snout
Tail
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
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
