Introduction to glacial environments, erosion and weathering quiz

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Introduction to glacial environments, erosion and weathering quiz

What is name given to the period when the UK last experienced a glacial period?

Late Devensian

Late Donovan

Late Devonian

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True or false? Some 25,000 years ago vast ice sheets spread over the UK from the north and northeast to cover all of northern Wales and northern England.

False

True

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Which of the following is not an example of a glaciated upland area in the British Isles?

Dartmoor

Snowdonia

The Lake District

Cairngorms

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What is the name of permanently frozen land found on the edge of ice sheets?

Permanent frozen

Permahair

Permafrost

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What is the name given to areas found on the edge of glacial environments?

PeriPeriGlacial

Proglacial

Periglacial

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True or false? Glacial processes have been responsible for sculpting some of the UK's most dramatic landscapes.

True

False

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Which of the following describes the process of glacial erosion known as plucking?

Rock that is frozen to the base and the back of the glacier scrapes the bedrock. This acts like sandpaper and erodes the bedrock.

When meltwater from a glacier freezes around lumps of cracked and broken rock. When the ice moves downhill, rock is pulled from the back wall.

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Which of the following describes the process of glacial erosion known as abrasion?

When meltwater from a glacier freezes around lumps of cracked and broken rock. When the ice moves downhill, rock is pulled from the back wall.

Rock that is frozen to the base and the back of the glacier scrapes the bedrock. This acts like sandpaper and erodes the bedrock.

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Identify the main type of weathering that occurs in glacial environments.

Carbonation

Freeze-thaw

Hydrolysis

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Which of the following conditions are required for freeze-thaw weathering to occur?

Please select 3 correct answers

The presence of rocks with cracks/holes.

Temperatures constantly below freezing.

Frequent temperature changes above and below freezing.

The presence of liquid water.

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