Glaciers And Corries

Question 1

Glacier defenition

Answer 1

A large mass of frosen ice that moves downhill

Question 2

Tarn defenition

Answer 2

A small lake that forms in a corrie after the glacier melts

Question 3

Moraine

Answer 3

Accumulation of loose stones/rocky debris at the base of a mountain

Question 4

Scree defention

Answer 4

Material that has been cariied and deposited by a glacier

Question 5

Plucking defentition

Answer 5

Also known as corrieing, plucking occurs when meltwater at the base of a glacier freezes on the rock surface. As the glacier moves forward rock is plucked out of the ground and becomes scree

Question 6

What is freeze thaw weathering

Answer 6

When its day time, the rock ice interface melts, entering cracks in the rock.

Question 7

How does the glacier gain budget

Answer 7

When the accumulation is higher than the ablation

Question 8

What are some examples of ablation

Answer 8

• meltwater
• calving

Question 9

How does a u shape valley form

Answer 9

• a river carves out a vshape va
  ice fills the valley
  The sides of the valley are worn away, leaving striations (scratches)
  When the 🥶 🫠 a 💧💧 is formed

Question 10

What is a ribbon lake

Answer 10

A long and narrow body of water

Question 11

What is till

Answer 11

Boulder clay. An unsorted mixture of snaf, rocks and clay

Question 12

How does a hanging valley form

Answer 12

Two u shape valleys froming perpendicular to each other