Lesson 2A.8
2A.8 Glacial deposition landforms Quiz: Pearson Edexcel Geography, Unit 2
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The 20 questions
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Which term describes the depositional feature formed at the lateral edges of a valley glacier?
- Lateral moraine
- Drumlin
- Esker
- Terminal moraine
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Which moraine is deposited at the furthest point reached by a glacier snout?
- Medial moraine
- Recessional moraine
- Lateral moraine
- Terminal moraine
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Where does a medial moraine form on a glacial landscape?
- Under the ice
- Between two glaciers
- At the snout
- Along the sides
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Which depositional landform is formed as the glacier retreats and leaves a series of ridges behind?
- Kettle lake
- Recessional moraine
- Terminal moraine
- Lateral moraine
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What is the shape of a drumlin created by glacial deposition?
- Sharp ridge
- Deep hollow
- Streamlined mound
- Flat plain
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Which landform feature can be measured to determine the direction of former ice movement?
- Drumlin orientation
- Till thickness
- Moraine height
- Kettle hole depth
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Which extensive lowland landform is formed by widespread deposition of glacial till?
- Kame terrace
- Outwash plain
- Terminal moraine
- Till plain
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Which type of till is deposited when debris is pressed onto the bed by the weight of moving ice?
- Ablation till
- Lodgement till
- Fluvioglacial sand
- Loess
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Which type of glacial till is deposited when supraglacial debris is released as ice melts?
- Ablation till
- Fluvioglacial deposit
- Deformation till
- Lodgement till
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What defines a glacial erratic boulder found in a landscape?
- Foreign rock type
- Local bedrock remnant
- Water-sorted sediment
- Volcanic ash deposit
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What property of a glacial erratic reveals the original source area of past ice movement?
- Rock lithology
- Surface texture
- Large mass
- Rounded shape
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Which landform is formed by deposition at the ice margin during a period of glacial stability?
- Roche moutonnee
- Arete
- Pyramidal peak
- Terminal moraine
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Which process deposits lodgement till beneath a moving glacier?
- Surface melting
- Meltwater sorting
- Basal pressing
- Subaerial weathering
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What key characteristic distinguishes glacial till from fluvioglacial deposits?
- Unsorted sediment
- Fine laminations
- Well-rounded pebbles
- Stratified layers
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Which landform is an example of an ice-contact glacial depositional feature?
- Sandur
- Corrie
- Roche moutonnée
- Drumlin
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What do recessional and terminal moraines indicate to geographers about past glaciers?
- Glacier thickness
- Former ice margins
- Basal water pressure
- Ice flow velocity
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Which moraines form a series of ridges behind a terminal moraine during glacier retreat?
- Recessional moraines
- Lateral moraines
- Push moraines
- Medial moraines
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What evidence from erratics helps geographers reconstruct past glaciated landscapes?
- Glacier velocity
- Meltwater discharge
- Ice thickness
- Rock provenance
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Which feature of a drumlin indicates the direction of past ice movement?
- Maximum height
- Slope steepness
- Long axis orientation
- Total volume
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Erratics differ from local bedrock because they have a different what?
- Sorting
- Imbrication
- Lithology
- Stratification
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