Q.1
A line of unsorted rock debris with steep sides that runs along the center of the whole length of a U-shaped valley is most likely to have come from  ...
  • a terminal moraine of the ice of a glacier that has melted
  • a medial moraine of the ice of a glacier that has melted
  • the rocks contained inside the ice of a glacier that has melted
  • freeze-thaw weathering of the ridges at either side of the valley
Q.2
The material deposited by a glacier or ice sheet is ...
  • sorted and smooth
  • sorted and angular
  • unsorted and smooth
  • unsorted and angular
Q.3
What happens when an ice sheet or glacier melts?
  • Everywhere gets flooded
  • The material it is carrying is left behind
  • It rains for 40 days and 40 nights
  • There is no more freeze-thaw weathering
Q.4
Which of the following statements is true?
  • The material deposited by a glacier was distributed throughout the ice
  • The material deposited by a glacier comes only from the terminal moraine
  • The material deposited by a glacier comes only from the lateral moraines
  • The material deposited by a glacier comes only from the top surface
Q.5
What is the name given to a moraine that is found in the area between the terminal moraine and the current snout of the glacier?
  • Receding moraine
  • Recessional moraine
  • Receded moraine
  • Recess moraine
Q.6
When was the last ice age?
  • Cambrian period
  • Jurassic period
  • Devonian period
  • Quaternary period
Q.7
What is an erratic?
  • A renegade geographer
  • A boulder that has rolled down a hill in a zig-zag track
  • A boulder that is made from a rock type that is uncommon to the area where it has been deposited
  • A boulder that rocks backwards and forwards when you push it lightly with your hand
Q.8
What is the area called that is downslope from the terminal moraine?
  • Backwash
  • Distributary
  • Confluence
  • Outwash
Q.9
A geographer studying a glacial valley finds a group of long, narrow hillocks that are no more than 50 meters high. These are:
  • drumlins
  • dramblins
  • drum moraines
  • oval moraines
Q.10
What is the correct name of the moraine that is deposited at the furthest point to which the ice extended?
  • End moraine
  • Terminal moraine
  • Lateral moraine
  • Medial moraine
0 h : 0 m : 1 s