Lesson 1.1.2.2

1.1.2.2 How are glacial landforms developed? Quiz: OCR Geography, Unit 1

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The 20 questions

  1. What steep-sided, amphitheatre-shaped hollow formed by glacial erosion is found on mountainsides?

    • Esker
    • Corrie
    • Roche moutonnée
    • Drumlin

  2. What narrow, knife-edge ridge is formed when two adjacent corries erode back-to-back?

    • Kame
    • Pyramidal peak
    • Arête
    • Esker

  3. What linear erosional feature on bedrock indicates the direction of past glacier movement?

    • Striations
    • Drumlins
    • Erratics
    • Moraines

  4. What unsorted, unstratified sediment is directly deposited by ice as it melts?

    • Till
    • Alluvium
    • Outwash
    • Silt

  5. Which feature characterises the stoss side of a roche moutonnée along the ice flow direction?

    • Jagged stoss slope
    • Flat upper surface
    • Smooth stoss slope
    • Symmetrical slopes

  6. Which type of moraine marks the furthest advance of a glacier system?

    • Recessional moraine
    • Medial moraine
    • Lateral moraine
    • Terminal moraine

  7. What winding ridge of stratified sand and gravel is deposited by subglacial meltwater streams?

    • Arête
    • Esker
    • Drumlin
    • Kame

  8. What term describes a large rock boulder transported and deposited in an area of different geology?

    • Erratic
    • Drumlin
    • Roche moutonnée
    • Kame

  9. A hill of glacial till has a steep stoss slope and a gently tapering lee slope. What is it?

    • Esker
    • Kame
    • Corrie
    • Drumlin

  10. Freeze-thaw weathering creates sharp scree slopes beneath cliff faces. Which process best describes this mass movement?

    • Slump
    • Rock fall
    • Solifluction
    • Soil creep

  11. Freeze-thaw combined with snowmelt erosion beneath a snow patch creates hollows. What is this process called?

    • Nivation
    • Carbonation
    • Abrasion
    • Plucking

  12. If three or more corries erode backwards towards a central point on a mountain, what feature forms?

    • Arête
    • Hanging valley
    • Roche moutonnée
    • Pyramidal peak

  13. A flat plain composed of sorted, layered sand and gravel lies beyond a terminal moraine. What is it?

    • Esker
    • Outwash plain
    • Till sheet
    • Kame terrace

  14. Sediment collected along the middle of a glacier from the joining of two lateral moraines is called what?

    • Terminal moraine
    • Ground moraine
    • Medial moraine
    • Recessional moraine

  15. Mounds of meltwater-deposited sediment found at the decaying margin of a glacier are known as what?

    • Striations
    • Erratics
    • Drumlins
    • Kames

  16. A U-shaped valley with steep sides and a flat floor formed by glacial truncation is called a what?

    • Glacial trough
    • Ribbon lake
    • Corrie
    • Hanging valley

  17. Over which timescale does the formation of a glacial basin trough typically occur?

    • Seconds
    • Millennia
    • Decades
    • Days

  18. Why are glacio-fluvial sediments sorted into distinct layers, unlike subglacial till deposits?

    • Plucking mechanisms
    • Water transport sorting
    • Ice compression
    • Wind deflation

  19. How do recessional moraines differ in location from terminal moraines?

    • Along glacier sides
    • Beneath ice bed
    • Ahead of ice
    • Behind maximum advance

  20. What post-glacial process primarily modifies fluvio-glacial landforms like eskers in present-day landscapes?

    • Basal sliding
    • Ice plucking
    • Fluvial erosion
    • Subglacial freezing

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