CORE UNIT: PATTERNS AND PROCESSES IN THE PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT
Chapter Revision Questions 1. Explain how glacier ice builds up.
2. What are the main types of glacier? 3. How do glaciers move?
4. (a) Name and draw two landforms of glacial erosion.
(b) Describe in detail the formation of the landforms you named in part (a).
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5. Name and describe the processes of glacial erosion.
6. Name and draw two landforms of glacial deposition and describe in detail their formation.
7. Discuss the formation of fluvioglacial landforms. In your answer refer to two named features.
8. Look at the map below and label the landforms of glacial erosion 1–4.
9. On the diagram below showing an alpine glaciated region, identify the arête, cirque, fiord, hanging valley, pyramidal peak, truncated spurs, and U-shaped glacial trough.
OL Short Questions
10. Which of the following glacial features is present at V on this extract from an Ordnance Survey map?
Corrie/Cirque or Arête or Pyramid Peak: __________