THE BIG SUMMER END OF YEAR GEOGRAPHY QUIZ
GLACIAL LANDSCAPES Round 2
Question 1 What is a glacier?
Question 2 Name one glacial landform from the photograph.
Question 3 What is an arête?
Question 4 Snowdon is an example of what type of glacial landform?
Question 5 Watch the Experience Iceland video clip of Skaftafellsjökull. Be ready to answer questions from what you see and hear! Go to: https://dtweducation.maps.arcgis.com/apps/MapTour/index.html?appid=6b46b331295841eab6ec329869bccb82 and choose location 40 Click to launch Experience Iceland and choose location 40
Question 5 What evidence is there of glacial processes here? The glacier is part of Europe’s largest ice cap, true or false? Go to: https://dtweducation.maps.arcgis.com/apps/MapTour/index.html?appid=6b46b331295841eab6ec329869bccb82 and choose location 40
Question 6 Name one way that glacial landscapes can be used by tourists?
Question 7 How can glacial landscapes be used for renewable energy?
Question 8 What is moraine?
Question 9 What are drumlins?
Question 10 Name one form of glacial erosion.
Answers: GLACIAL LANDSCAPES- Round 2 A glacier is slow moving river of ice E.g. terminal moraine, lateral moraine, U-shaped valley, till, etc. A steep sided mountain ridge, a knife-edge ridge Pyramidal peak A) rock fragments on the sides show erosion and deposition, lagoon shows glacial melt and retreat, moraine and till shows glacial deposition, iceberg calving, crevasses, etc. E.g. hiking, walking, caving, skidooing, etc. Often used for hydroelectric power in retreated areas, etc. Rocks and sediment deposited by glaciers on the base or sides of the ice Drumlins are egg-shaped hills smoothed and plucked by glacial erosion E.g. freeze-thaw weathering, plucking, abrasion, etc.