Glaction

Question 1

When was the last ice age?

Answer 1

18,000 years ago

Question 2

What is a glacier?

Answer 2

These are slow moving rivers of ice

Question 3

What is a crevasses?

Answer 3

Cracks in the ice

Question 4

Name the first stage of frost shattering.

Answer 4

Water finds the way into the Rock

Question 5

What is a corrie.

Answer 5

A hollow side on a mountain which collects snow then erodes down

Question 6

What is a Pyramidal peak?

Answer 6

A sharply pointed mountain due to multiple corrodes diverging inwards

Question 7

What is a truncated spur?

Answer 7

Interlocking spurs are truncated as the glacier cuts straight through the landscape

Question 8

A group of drumlins is called a ……

Answer 8

Swarm

Question 9

What is an erratic?

Answer 9

A boulder that is different to the bedrock upon which is sitting

Question 10

What is a Strations?

Answer 10

A series of ridges, furrows or linear marks found in a rock

Question 11

What is an avalanche?

Answer 11

A large mass of snow coming down the side of a mountain

Question 12

What is an arête?

Answer 12

A very narrow ridge often described as knife edged