Paper 1 - Glacial landforms

Question 1

arête

Answer 1

a narrow steep sided ridge formed when two glaciers flow in parallel valleys. The glaciers erode the side of the valleys which sharpen them

e.g. striding edge, lake district

Question 2

Corrie

Answer 2

steep sided armchair shape which leaves a lake called a tarn

Question 3

Ribbon lakes

Answer 3

are long thin lakes that form after a glacier retreats

Question 4

Glacial troughs

Answer 4

steep sided valley with flat bottom

Question 5

Hanging valleys

Answer 5

formed by smaller glaciers that flow into the main glacier

Question 6

Truncated spur

Answer 6

cliff-like edges on the valley formed when ridges of land that stick out into the main valley are cut off as the glacier moves past

Question 7

Pyramidal peak

Answer 7

pointed mountain peak with at least three sides. formed when three or more back to back glaciers erode a mountain

Question 8

material moved by glacier

Answer 8

till

Question 9

bulldozing

Answer 9

when the ice pushes loose material in front of it

Question 10

moraines and drumlins

Answer 10

when the ice carrying the material melts and the material is deposited which forms these landforms

Question 11

meltwater streams

Answer 11

when sand and gravel get malted away from the front