GLACIAL

LANDSCAPES
Round 4
QUESTION 1
What is ‘moraine’?
 A

QUESTION 2
Which location is the terminus: A, B or C? C
QUESTION 3
Spot the odd one out:
a) cwm b) cirque c) corrie d) crevasse
QUESTION 4
The Snowdon horseshoe was created by glacial processes.
Name one glacial feature visible here.
QUESTION 5
Watch the Experience Iceland video clip of
Skaftafellsjökull. Be ready to answer questions from
what you see and hear!

Click to launch Experience Iceland and choose location 40

QUESTION 5
a) What evidence is there of glacial deposition here?
b) The glacier is part of Europe’s largest ice cap, true or
false?
QUESTION 6
Name one way that glacial landscapes can be used by
tourists?
QUESTION 7
What type of valley shape do glaciers form?
QUESTION 8
Name one type of glacial erosion.
QUESTION 9
What does the term ‘interglacial’ mean?
QUESTION 10
True or false: sea levels are lower during ice ages?
Answers - Round 4
1. Moraine is deposited glacial material
2. B
3. D) crevasse
4. Pyramidal peak, arête, hanging valley, etc.
5. A) rock fragments on the sides show deposition of eroded sediment, dirty ice
covered in sediment, lagoon is brown with deposited sediment, moraine and till
shows glacial deposition, etc. B) True
6. E.g. hiking, walking, caving, skidooing, cross-country skiing, snow shoeing,
etc.
7. U shaped valley.
8. Plucking, abrasion, freeze-thaw
9. The period of time in between glacial periods (ice ages) when it is warmer
10. True, during periods of high glaciation sea levels are lower