Chapter 5 - Glaciation Flashcards

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Ice age

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A period when large parts of several continents were covered by ice sheets

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What could cause an ice age?

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○A change in the earth’s orbit around the sun

○ A change in the angle of the earth’s axis

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What are the processes of glacial erosion?

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Plucking

Abrasion

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Define plucking

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Glacial erosion where rock fragments are pulled out of the valley floor by moving ice

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Define abrasion glacial

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Rock fragments carried by a glacier scraped the rock surface as the glacier advanced

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The scratches created by glacial abrasion are called…

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Striae

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Glacier

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Large river of ice. Move downhill and change the shape of the landscape by erosion and deposition

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What is a cirque/corrie? Give an example

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Large, deep hollow with a steep back wall found high up on a mountainside in an area affected by ice. e.g. Coomshingaun

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What is a pyramidal peak? Give an example

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A peak formed when three or more cirques formed back to back. e.g. Matterhorn, Switzerland

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What is an arête? Give an example

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A knife-edged ridge formed when two cirques formed back-to-back or side-by-side

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What is a U-shaped valley? Give an example

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A steep-sided and flat floored valley (U-shaped) formed by the action of a glacier. e.g Glendalough

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What is a hanging valley? Give an example

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Small tributary glaciated valley that hangs above the main valley. e.g Polanass Waterfall, Glendalough

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What is a ribbon lake? Give an example

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Long, narrow lake found on the floor of a glaciated U-shaped valley. e.g. Glendalough

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Sometimes a group of ribbon lakes are joined together by a river or stream. These are called…

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Paternoster lakes

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What is a fjord? Give an example

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Drowned glaciated U-shaped valley. e.g. Killary Harbour, Co. Mayo

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Moraine

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Deposited material found in lowlands of glaciated valleys

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What is an erratic? Give an example

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Huge boulders that have been transported and deposited by a glacier some distance from their source region. e.g. Granite found in the limestone region of the Burren & Scottish granite found in the Wicklow Mts

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What is boulder clay?

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Deposits of sand,gravel and stone from a melting glacier

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What is a drumlin? Give an example

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An oval shaped hill consisting of boulder clay. e.g. Clew Bay Co.Mayo to Strangford Lough, Co.Down

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Lateral moraine

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Material deposited either side of a glacier. Consists of unsorted material that fell from upland slopes and gathered at the side of the glacier

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Medial moraine

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Some lateral moraines join to form medial moraine as two glaciers meet. Consists of a low ridge of material that runs along the centre of a glaciated valley

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Ground moraine

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Irregular covering of boulder clay in a lowland area

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Terminal moraine

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Ridge of material marking the end point of a glaciers journey. Consists of a high bank of soil and stone

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What are the four types of moraine

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○Lateral
○Medial
○Ground
○Terminal

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Name the features of glacial erosion
``` Cirques/corries Pyramidal peaks Arêtes U-shaped valleys Hanging valleys Ribbon lakes Fjords ```
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Name the features of glacial deposition
``` Erratics Boulder clay plains Drumlins Moraine Eskers Outwash plains ```
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What is an esker? Give an example
Long, narrow ridge of sand and gravel that winds its way across lowland areas. e.g. Eiscir Riada, Dublin to Galway
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What is an outwash plain? Give an example
Low-lying areas of sand and gravel found in front of a terminal moraine. e.g. Curragh, Co.Kildare
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How does glaciation have a positive affect on human activity?
``` ☺Tourism ☺HEP ☺Fertile agricultural land ☺Routeways ☺Resources for construction ☺Recreation ```
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How does glaciation have a negative affect on human activity?
◘Infertile lands ◘Poor drainage ◘Flooding