Q.1
Which of the following statements is not true?
  • Drumlins are a glacial erosion landform
  • Freeze-thaw weathering helps to form pyramidal peaks and arêtes
  • Ice sheets deposit a material called glacial till
  • Glaciers carve out U-shaped valleys
Q.2
The Athabasca glacier in the Canadian Rockies is a honeypot site. What is a honeypot site?
  • A tourist location that attracts large numbers of visitors
  • A tourist location that attracts small numbers of visitors
  • A visitor center near a glacier
  • Somewhere tourists can buy locally produced honey
Q.3
Which of the following is a key difference between deposits from a glacier and deposits left by a river, lake or in the sea?
  • The fragments of rock are unsorted and rounded
  • The fragments of rock are unsorted and angular
  • The fragments of rock are sorted and rounded
  • The fragments of rock are sorted and angular
Q.4
A glacial trough is another name for a ...
  • pyramidal peak
  • drumlin
  • U-shaped valley
  • channel cut by the water rushing out from underneath a glacier
Q.5
In the past, the surface of the Earth has been covered by ...
  • always more ice than at the present time
  • always less ice than at the present time
  • exactly the same amount of ice as the present time
  • a variable amount of ice
Q.6
Which of the following best describes the glacial budget?
  • The amount of money spent on research into glaciers each year
  • A comparison of snowfall and melting of a glacier
  • The money spent at a winter sports resort to ensure that people are not killed by avalanches
  • Something the Chancellor of the Exchequer issues on TV during the winter
Q.7
During which months is glacial ablation likely to be greater for a southern hemisphere glacier?
  • January to March
  • April to June
  • July to September
  • October to December
Q.8
In a winter sports resort, avalanches are a danger to the tourists who visit. Which one of the following statements about avalanches is false?
  • Avalanches are more common where snow has built up in layers that are not bonded together
  • A person buried by an avalanche is most likely to die from suffocation than from the cold
  • Loud noises, earthquakes and storms can trigger an avalanche
  • All avalanches start at a single point
Q.9
What marks the boundary between the zone of accumulation of a glacier and the zone of ablation?
  • A large yellow rock
  • A crevasse
  • There is no boundary
  • The snowline
Q.10
Which of the following is not usually formed directly by the passage of a glacier?
  • A ribbon lake
  • A glacial trough
  • An arête
  • A truncated spur
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