Types Of Cold Environments.

Question 1

Tundra (or periglacial).

Answer 1

Are found in dry, high-latitude areas.

Found on the fringes of polar environments. (Canada/ Alaska).

Permanent frozen ground (permafrost).

Question 2

Alpine

Answer 2

Found in high altitude areas.

May contain ice caps, mountain glaciers and tundra environments.

Cold winters with heavy snowfall, warm summers.

Question 3

Glacial (or polar).

Answer 3

Are mainly land based. (Can be maritime).

Very dry cold environments (no precipitation).

Question 4

Characteristics of clod environments.

Answer 4

Little vegetation.
Lots of snow and ice.
Sparsely populated.

Question 5

What are cold environments?

Answer 5

Icy landscape found in high latitudes (around the poles) and high altitudes (alpine areas).

Question 6

What are the two types of glaciers?

Answer 6

Polar.

Temperate.

Question 7

What are the characterises of Polar glaciers?

Answer 7

Cold based, occur near the poles, ice frozen to the bed rock, very little movement, erosion or transportation.

Question 8

What are the characteristics of a temperate glacier?

Answer 8

Water present throughout the ice mass, moves easily due to water ‘lubricating’ the surface - glacier slides down the slopes.

(Can move as much as 200m a year).