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KS3 Glaciation processes and features

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A quiz to test introduction to test knowledge of glaciation processes and features #glaciation#processes

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1
What is firn?
A stage between snow and glacial ice
Snow crystals
Layers of compacted snow
A plant found in moutainous areas
2
How many corries are needed to form a pyramidal peak?
At least 5
At least 4
At least 3
At least 2
3
In freeze-thaw weathering what type of rocky surface is often created
Pebbles
Cree
Scree
Scream
4
What are truncated spurs?
Spurs of land eroded by a river
The steep sides of glacial trough
Spurs of land eroded by a glacier
The flat bottom floor of a glacial trough
5
What is the name of the knife edged ridge between two corries?
A ridge
Arete
A tarn
A peak
6
What are eratics?
The action of rocks embedded in glaciers scraping over the land beneath
People who behave in an unusual or strage way
Large boulders carried long distances by sea ice
Large boulders carried long distances by glaciers
7
What is a corrie?
A corrie is an armchair-shaped hollow found on the side of a mountain
An area of rock in an upland area created by freeze thaw weathering
A large boulder moved by a glacier
A v-shaped valley hollowed out by the passage of a glacier
8
What is a glacier?
An ice cap
A person who repairs and fits windows for a living
A solid mass of ice
A moving river of ice
9
What is plucking?
When a glacier retreats as a result of temperature increases
The glacier grinding rock away
When ice melts and refreezes around rocks
A from of acrasion weathering
10
What is a ribbon or finger lake? (select all correct answers)
A deep lake left after a glacier has eroded the valley
A loch
A lake created by a river
A long narrow lake shaped like a ribbon