Lesson Y9-U04-L08

Glacial Deposition and the Lake District Quiz: KS3 Geography, Unit 16

20 questions

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Lesson Y9-U04-L08, Glacial Deposition and the Lake District: 20 multiple choice questions for the KS3 Geography (National Curriculum), Unit 16: Year 9: Dynamic Landscapes: Tectonics and Ice, written with Revision Ninja.

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The 20 questions

  1. What term describes the dropping of rock and sediment by a melting glacier?

    • Glacial abrasion
    • Weathering
    • Glacial deposition
    • Plucking

  2. What main event causes a glacier to begin depositing its load of debris?

    • Compacting
    • Melting
    • Freezing
    • Accelerating

  3. What is the unsorted mixture of clay, sand and boulders dropped by ice called?

    • Silt
    • Alluvium
    • Till
    • Sand

  4. Why is glacial till described as unsorted?

    • Sorted by shape
    • Sorted by weight
    • All one size
    • Mixed particle sizes

  5. What ridge of till is left behind at the furthest point reached by a glacier?

    • Medial moraine
    • Arete
    • Terminal moraine
    • Drumlin

  6. What is a large boulder carried by ice and left in an area of different rock type?

    • Erratick
    • Drumlin
    • Moraine
    • Truncated spur

  7. What is a smooth, egg-shaped hill of till moulded beneath a glacier called?

    • Drumlin
    • Moraine
    • Arete
    • Corrie

  8. Which part of a drumlin faces the direction the ice came from?

    • Narrow rocky ridge
    • Steep blunt end
    • Deep meltwater channel
    • Gentle sloping tail

  9. What does a glacial erratic's rock type reveal to geographers?

    • Local bedrock geology
    • Ancient river depth
    • Distant source area
    • Exact melting date

  10. Which term describes the unsorted mixture of clay, sand and boulders dropped by ice?

    • Alluvium
    • Scree
    • Till
    • Outwash

  11. Which region of England was shaped by Ice Age glaciers and has deep lakes in U-shaped valleys?

    • The South Downs.
    • The Lake District.
    • The Norfolk Broads.
    • The Fens.

  12. What is the ridge of till dropped at a glacier's furthest point called?

    • Medial moraine
    • Lateral moraine
    • Drumlin ridge
    • Terminal moraine

  13. What name is given to a ridge of unsorted glacial till across a valley floor?

    • Drumlin
    • Moraine
    • Spit
    • Levee

  14. What is a lone boulder of a different rock type to the local bedrock called?

    • Stack
    • Tor
    • Crag
    • Erratic

  15. Which feature provides direct evidence of past glacial deposition in a valley?

    • Interlocking spur
    • Moraine ridge
    • V-shaped valley
    • Waterfall step

  16. What process builds a moraine when a glacier melts?

    • Weathering
    • Erosion
    • Deposition
    • Abrasion

  17. Why does a warming climate lead to increased glacial deposition?

    • Snout melts back
    • Valley deepens quickly
    • Ice advances faster
    • Snowfall doubles

  18. Which pair of landforms are both created by glacial deposition?

    • Moraine and erratic
    • Levee and floodplain
    • Spit and bar
    • Corrie and arête

  19. Which process carved the main U-shaped valleys in the Lake District?

    • Deposition
    • Transportation
    • Erosion
    • Weathering

  20. Why should geographers use multiple lines of evidence alongside erratics to prove past ice?

    • Boulders move otherwise
    • Ice is too heavy
    • Rocks melt away
    • Erratics are rare

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