Glacial features Flashcards
1
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Plucking
A
When rocks and stones become frozen to the base and sides of the glacier and are plucked from the ground when the glacier moves forward again
2
Q
Abrasion
A
When rocks and stones become frozen to the base and sides of the glacier and act like sand paper grinding over the bedrock. This can polish the rocks or create sharp grooves called striations
3
Q
Bulldozing
A
M
4
Q
Freeze-thaw weathering
A
M
5
Q
Corrie
A
Glacial erosion
6
Q
Arête
A
M
7
Q
Pyramidal peak
A
M
8
Q
U-shaped valley ( glacial trough)
A
M
9
Q
Ribbon lake
A
M
10
Q
Drumlin
A
M
11
Q
Truncated Spurs
A
M
12
Q
Erratics
A
M
13
Q
Terminal moraine
A
M
14
Q
Lateral moraine
A
M
15
Q
Ground moraine
A
M
