Lesson 2A.6
2A.6 The glacier landform system Quiz: Pearson Edexcel Geography, Unit 2
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The 20 questions
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What term describes the incorporation of loose sediment into a moving glacier?
- Deposition
- Entrainment
- Sublimation
- Abrasion
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Which process immediately follows entrainment in the glacial landform system?
- Quarrying
- Abrasion
- Deposition
- Transport
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What term describes the accumulation of unsorted debris dropped directly by melting ice?
- Loess
- Alluvium
- Till
- Outwash
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In which process environment do lateral and terminal moraines typically form?
- Periglacial
- Subglacial
- Marginal
- Proglacial
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Where do subglacial landforms such as drumlins and roches moutonnées form?
- Ahead of snout
- In frozen tundra
- Beneath the ice
- Along ice margins
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Which two landscape types contain landforms used to reconstruct past ice extent?
- Deserts and steppes
- Uplands and lowlands
- Estuaries and deltas
- Plateaus and rifts
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At what spatial scale are glacial striations and chattermarks categorised?
- Meso-scale
- Micro-scale
- Continental scale
- Macro-scale
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Which primary processes drive the glacier landform system?
- Sublimation and evaporation
- Infiltration and percolation
- Erosion and deposition
- Solution and suspension
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Which features directly indicate the direction of past ice flow?
- Hanging valleys
- Corries
- Striations
- Truncated spurs
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Which feature is an example of a micro-scale glacial landform?
- Drumlin
- Glacial trough
- Corrie
- Striations
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Which characteristic of drumlins indicates the direction of former ice flow?
- Bedrock composition
- Sediment colour
- Long-axis orientation
- Peak elevation
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Which two erosional processes combine to form a roche moutonnée beneath moving ice?
- Freezing and thawing
- Corrosion and cavitation
- Abrasion and plucking
- Solution and attrition
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What are streamlined, elongated mounds of till aligned with ice flow called?
- Eskers
- Moraines
- Kames
- Drumlins
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What maintains or regulates dynamic balance within the glacier landform system?
- Solar radiation
- Feedback loops
- Atmospheric pressure
- Tectonic uplift
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Which landforms form along the edges or terminus of a glacier margin?
- Corries
- Moraines
- Arêtes
- Ribbon lakes
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Glacial landforms are categorised into micro, meso, and macro based on what?
- Scale and size
- Rock age
- Sediment colour
- Ice temperature
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Which term describes the zone in front of a glacier snout where meltwater and sediment are found?
- Proglacial zone
- Periglacial zone
- Englacial zone
- Supraglacial zone
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Into which spatial scale category is a drumlin classified?
- Meso-scale
- Macro-scale
- Global-scale
- Micro-scale
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Which landform forms when a glacier truncates the end of a spur of higher ground, creating a steep cliff face?
- Truncated spur
- Erratic boulder
- Hanging valley
- Ribbon lake
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Which erosional process grinds bedrock into very fine particles known as rock flour?
- Nivation
- Freeze-thaw
- Abrasion
- Plucking
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