Revision Cards 2 Physical Landforms In The UK

Question 1

What are three features of truncated spurs

Answer 1

Flat ended/hard rock/inter locking spurs with truncated ends

Question 2

What are three features of a drumlin

Answer 2

Whale shaped feature/steep stoss end/tapered Lee slope

Question 3

Name three features of deposition

Answer 3

Terminal,lateral,medial,recessional Moraine/drumlin

Question 4

What is medial moraine

Answer 4

Mound of glacial till which is found in the centre of the valley

Question 5

What is moraine

Answer 5

Mounds of deposited glacial till as the glacier retreats

Question 6

What is lateral moraine

Answer 6

A mound of glacial till found along the valley sides.it is deposited when the glacier retreats as there

Question 7

What is terminal moraine

Answer 7

A mound of glacial till which is found at the furthest point the glacier has advanced to.it is lower down the valley

Question 8

What is an erratic,give an example

Answer 8

Deposited rock which is a different rock type to the bedrock.norber erratic

Question 9

What is glacial till

Answer 9

Unsorted material deposited by a glacier

Question 10

Why are rocks often broke near the summit of a pyramidal peak

Answer 10

Freeze thaw weathering

Question 11

What is the cause of lateral moraine

Answer 11

Freeze thaw on the valley sides which drops material onto the top of the glacier as supra glacial material.this is deposited as the glacier retreats