1. THE BIG SUMMER END OF YEAR
GEOGRAPHY QUIZ

2. GLACIAL
LANDSCAPES
Round 2

3. Question 1
What is a glacier?

4. Question 2
Name one glacial landform from the photograph.

5. Question 3
What is an arête?

6. Question 4
Snowdon is an example of what type of glacial landform?

7. Question 5
Watch the Experience Iceland video clip of Skaftafellsjökull. Be ready to answer questions from what you see and hear!
Go to: and choose location 40
Click to launch Experience Iceland and choose location 40

8. Question 5 What evidence is there of glacial processes here?
The glacier is part of Europe’s largest ice cap, true or false?
Go to: and choose location 40

9. Question 6
Name one way that glacial landscapes can be used by tourists?

10. Question 7
How can glacial landscapes be used for renewable energy?

11. Question 8
What is moraine?

12. Question 9
What are drumlins?

13. Question 10
Name one form of glacial erosion.

14. Answers: GLACIAL LANDSCAPES- Round 2
A glacier is slow moving river of ice
E.g. terminal moraine, lateral moraine, U-shaped valley, till, etc.
A steep sided mountain ridge, a knife-edge ridge
Pyramidal peak
A) rock fragments on the sides show erosion and deposition, lagoon shows glacial melt and retreat, moraine and till shows glacial deposition, iceberg calving, crevasses, etc.
E.g. hiking, walking, caving, skidooing, etc.
Often used for hydroelectric power in retreated areas, etc.
Rocks and sediment deposited by glaciers on the base or sides of the ice
Drumlins are egg-shaped hills smoothed and plucked by glacial erosion
E.g. freeze-thaw weathering, plucking, abrasion, etc.