what causes an ice age to occur the processes of glacial erosion, transportation and deposition the landforms created by these processes the positive and negative effects of glaciation how a landscape created by glaciation can attract tourists how to recognise glacial landforms on Ordnance Survey maps.
ICE-BREAKER ACT VITY
Discuss the following questions in groups: (a) What do you know about the last ice age? (b) How do you think it came about? (c) Why do you think it ended? (d) Are there parts of the world still covered in ice?
Glaciation Learning Intentions
In this section, you will learn: zzhow glaciers form zzwhat causes an ice age zzthe processes by which glaciers erode.
; Figure 11.1 Franz Joseph Glacier on South Island, New Zealand