Glacial Erosion Landforms Quiz. Test

MCQs on Glacial Erosion Landforms. Test Glacial landforms are landforms created by the action of glaciers. Most of today's glacial landforms were created by the movement of large ice sheets during the Quaternary glaciations

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What is a glacier?

A large mass of ice often shaped like a river that flows very slowly, under the force of gravity

A thick layer of ice that covers more than 50,000 sq km. It completely covers the landscape including mountains & valley

A frozen river

Where is the zone of accumulation found?

At the start of a glacier, in highland areas

In the middle of a glacier

At the end of a glacier, in lower altitudes

Which of the following is one of the two main ways ice carries out erosion?

Corrosion

Hydraulic action

Abrasion

What process has shattered the jagged rocks which are found in glaciated areas?

Abrasion

Plucking

Freeze-thaw weathering

What landform is found where smaller valleys meet the main glaciated valley?

U-shaped valleys

Pyramidal peak

Hanging valley

Which upland area of the UK has glacial features?

Exmoor

Dartmoor

Snowdonia

Where does deposition mainly occur?

When it stops snowing

When ice melts

When glaciers spread out

What is material found on the valley floor when a glacier melts called?

Till

Sandstone

Corrosion

What is the name for the deposition of material down the side of a glacier?

Medial moraine

Lateral moraine

Terminal moraine

What depositional landforms are mounds of material deposited by the glacier that lie parallel to the direction of the ice movement?

Drumlins

Erratics

Outwash plains

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