depositional landforms

Question 1

deposited moraine is called

Answer 1

till

boulder clay

Question 2

types of moraine

Answer 2

terminal
lateral
medial
base

Question 3

base moraine

Answer 3

material dragged underneath glacier, deposited when glacier retreats

Question 4

lateral moraine

Answer 4

found on edge of glaciers

constant of scree material fallen from valley side via freeze thaw weathering

Question 5

medial moraine

Answer 5

tributary glaciers joins main glacier
two streams of lateral moraine merge within glacier forming medial moraine
ex - Mer de Grace glacier in France

Question 6

terminal moraine

Answer 6

material at snout of glacier present when glacier retreats

Question 7

drumlins

Answer 7

made of moraine, streamlined and shaped by moving glacier

topography = ‘basket of eggs’

Question 8

characteristics of drumlins

Answer 8

blunt end = faces up valley
tapered end = down valley and shows direction of ice
smooth egg shaped hills, 10m high and 100’sm long
found in clusters

Question 9

erratics

Answer 9

large boulder out of place, resting on different rock
used to track historic journey of glacier
transported within or on glacier