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1. Exam format and content
2. Practice questions
3. Links to Quizizz revision
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1. Exam format and content.
40 online, multiple-choice questions – 4 answer options per question
Part A: The Ice Age and Glaciers – Unit 4.1-4.2
Part B: Glaciers at Work – Unit 4.3
Part C: Glacial Landforms – Unit 4.4-4.6
Part D: Glaciers and Us – Unit 4.8
2. Practice questions
Select the correct option
1. A giant glacier that cover a huge area of land is called an ____________.
a) iceberg b) ice sheet c) ice shelf d) ice age
2. After the last ice age people returned to the British Isles about ________ years ago.
a) 100,000 b) 48,000 c) 12,000 d) 8,000
3. What is the name for large cracks that form on glaciers?
a) crevasse b) cravat c) fracture d) fault
4. What is the name for the deep scratches in rock that are the result of abrasion?
a) suspensions b) sediments c) straits d) striations
5. Which material is not part of glacial till?
a) rock b) ice c) sand d) clay
6. Which is a landform shaped by glacial erosion?
a) corrie b) plucking c) V-shaped valley d) deposition
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7. A misfit river flows in a ____________.
a) U-shaped valley b) V-shaped valley c) hanging valley d) drumlin
8. Which landform is not created by deposition?
a) drumlin b) moraine c) pyramidal peak d) erratic
9. What is a lake inside a corrie sometimes called?
a) till b) tarn c) tundra d) terminal moraine
10. When a glacier melts, material that was frozen into the base forms _________ moraine.
a) ground b) erratic c) lateral d) terminal
11. Which activity is banned in the Antarctic by the Antarctic Treaty?
a) fishing b) sports c) research d) mining
12. The Indus, Ganges and Yangtze are examples of _______ fed by glaciers.
a) rivers b) lakes c) people d) animals
13. What is the process during which water freezes in cracks in rock eventually causing it to break into
smaller pieces?
a) plucking b) deposition c) abrasion d) freeze-thaw weathering
14. What is the process during which material is deposited by a glacier?
a) erosion b) deposition c) transportation d) freeze-thaw weathering
15. What is the process during which a glacier picks up material by freezing around it?
a) plucking b) transportation c) deposition d) freeze-thaw weathering
16. What is the process during which striations are formed?
a) abrasion b) deposition c) transportation d) plucking
17. What is the process or result of being covered by a glacier called?
a) glacial b) glaciated c) glaciation d) glacier
18. Abrasion __________ off pieces of rock and stone.
a) plucks b) freezes c) scrapes d) carries
19. Plucking is a type of __________.
a) transportation b) erosion c) deposition d) glacial landform
20. A moraine is a type of __________.
a) deposition b) glacial landform c) transportation d) erosion
21. A erratic is created by __________.
a) deposition b) erosion c) transportation d) meltwater
22. Which is not a type of moraine?
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a) ground b) bottom c) lateral d) terminal
23. Which is not found in glacial till?
a) rocks b) clay c) ice d) sand
24. Where does a misfit river flow? In a…
a) moraine b) V-shaped valley c) U-shaped valley d) hanging valley
Pick the correct word
10 000 warmed up frozen melted 20 000 ice age ice sheet
20 000 years ago, the British Isles was in the grip of an ice age. At this time most of the British Isles were
frozen and covered by a large ice sheet. This ice age ended about 10 000 years ago when the Earth
___warmped up and the ice melted.
Pick the correct word
During the ice age the water levels in the ocean were much lower/higher than they are today. Large
amounts of water were locked up in ice/snow. The water drained from the shallow parts of the ocean
floor/surface and it became land. This in turn led to the British Isles being joined to/separated from the
rest of Europe.
Pick the correct word
flow 40,000 sheet 10,000 compacted glacier 12,000 age
Over time, in very cold places, snow falls layer upon layer. The snow gets 1_compacted to ice under its
own weight. It could take a layer of snow 10 metres thick to make a layer of ice 1 metre thick. As the ice
gets heavier, it starts to 2 flow. A 3 glacier is born.
Around 110,000 years ago a new ice 4age_ began. The Earth got colder and colder and an ice 5_sheet
spread over much of Northern Europe and most of the British Isles. People had arrived in the British Isles
by about 6_40 000 . year ago. They had been able to walk there from other parts of Europe. As the ice
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sheet spread the it became too cold and people disappeared. The ice sheet was shrinking by about
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__12 000 years ago and people returned to the British Isles. By 8 10 000 years ago the ice age had
ended. The Earth had warmed up and the ice over the British Isles had melted.
Pick the correct word
weight, down, bottom, sliding, melt, layers, ice crystals, snow, packed down, thicker,
heavier, pressure
In places where it is very cold 1layers of snow fall. Over time it builds up then gets 2packed down
eventually becoming ice. As the ice gets 3thicker it also gets 4heavier. Eventually the 5pressure of its own
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weight causes the glacier to begin to 7flow over land and 8down mountain slopes.
Glaciers flow when 9ice crystals slide over each other. The ice at the 10bottom of the glacier may melt,
leading to the glacier 11sliding along on the water. A mountain glacier flows down the side of the
mountain, in a valley.
Write the definitions for the descriptions below.
a) A period of time when large areas of land are covered by ice. Ice age
b) A thick mass of ice covering land. Ice sheet
c) A cold environment where the soil is frozen in winter and few, small plants grow. Tundra
Finish the sentences.
a) The last ice age began 110 000 years ago.
b) The last ice age had ended by roughly 10 000 years ago.
c) Water levels rose 8100 years ago and cut the UK off from mainland Europe.
d) People were first in the UK 40 000 years ago but could not survive in the cooling climate.
e) People returned to the UK as the climate warmed 12 000 years ago.
Write T for true or F for false.
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a) The UK has several small glaciers. F
b) They are found on every continent. T
c) They are found both on land and in the sea. F
d) The largest glaciers are found on Greenland and Antarctica. T
e) They are found in Earth’s coldest places. T
Write the definitions for the descriptions below.
a) A deep crack that forms in a glacier is called crevasse.
b) A sheet of ice that is attached to the land but floats on the sea is called ice shelf.
c) A huge mass of ice that moves slowly over land is called ice sheet.
d) A large piece of the ice shelf which has broken off and floats in the sea as called ice berg.
e) Frozen seawater on the ocean surface is called sea ice.
Match
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1. glacial landform b a) a series of steps or actions that create change
2. feature c b) features in a landscape that are the result of glacial action
3. tarn d c) a noticeable or important characteristic or part
4. process a d) a lake within a corrie
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1. glacial landform c
2. meltwater d
3. striations b
4. abrasion e
5. glacial till a
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List 5 examples of how we use glaciers.
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Name and describe the process and feature shown at X in the picture below.
A glacier flows non-stop, carrying its load of rocks, stones, sand, and clay. When the front raches a place
where it melts, everything falls to the ground as till. The deposited till is called moraine. It builds up into a
ridge called a terminal moraine
Label
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Identify landforms A-E in the picture below and use the words in the box to complete table.
arête corrie pyramidal peak hanging valley U-shaped valley
A Hanging valley
B Pyramidal peak
C arete
D Corrie
E U-shaped valley
Identify landforms A-C in the picture below and use the words in the box to complete table.
terminal moraine lateral moraine ground moraine
A Ground moraine
B Lateral moraine
C Terminal moraine
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3. Links to Quizizz revision
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4.1-4.3 multiple choice - https://quizizz.com/join?gc=19487681
4.4-4.6 + 4.8 multiple choice - https://quizizz.com/join?gc=02448321
Unit 4 gap fill - https://quizizz.com/join?gc=05069761
