Geography

Question 1

A river in a valley it didn’t erode.

Answer 1

Misfit river

Question 2

UK mapping agency, produce scaled OS maps.

Answer 2

Ordnance Survey

Question 3

Valley with steep sided and a wide, flat base.

Answer 3

U-shaped valleys

Question 4

Increased sea levels. With climate change, sea levels are rising.

Answer 4

Sea level rise

Question 5

4 or 6 figure reference used to find a place.

Answer 5

Grid reference

Question 6

Long, U-shaped valley with flat floors and steep sides.

Answer 6

Trough

Question 7

Change of water volume with heat.

Answer 7

Thermal expansion

Question 8

An image or letters used on maps.

Answer 8

Map symbols

Question 9

Area of land permanently covered by ice.

Answer 9

Cold environment

Question 10

Height above sea level.

Answer 10

Altitude

Question 11

Distance from the ocean or sea.

Answer 11

Continentality

Question 12

Large body of ice that moves under its own weight.

Answer 12

Glacier

Question 13

Ablation>Accumulation. Glacier shrinks.

Answer 13

Glacial retreat.

Question 14

Distance from the equator.

Answer 14

Latitude

Question 15

Zone where there are outputs into the glacial budget.

Answer 15

Ablation

Question 15

Accumulation>Ablation. Glacier grows.

Answer 15

Glacial advance

Question 16

Zone where there are inputs into the glacial budget.

Answer 16

Accumulation

Question 17

Meltwater at the base of the glacier freezers. Glacier moves, rock pulled up.

Answer 17

Plucking

Question 18

Wearing away and removal of material.

Answer 18

Erosion

Question 19

Water gets into cracks in the rocks, then freezes and expands.

Answer 19

Freeze-thaw weathering

Question 20

Glacier moving over the bed with melt water acting as a lubricant.

Answer 20

Basal sliding

Question 21

A deep arm chair shaped hollow found in the side of a mountain.

Answer 21

Corrie

Question 22

Rocks in the glacier scrape over the land and wear it away.

Answer 22

Abrasion

Question 23

Deep lake at the corrie filled with water.

Answer 23

Tarn