GCSE Geography – Glacial landscapes in the UK – How ice shaped the UK.
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Question 1 of 15
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Over 20,000 years ago what covered the UK?
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Where did the ice sheet, that covered the UK, come from?
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How thick was the ice sheet that covered the UK?
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What factor caused large bodies of ice to flow slowly from highland to lowland areas of the UK?
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What are large areas of ice sheet called?
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What caused the end of the ice age?
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When gravity causes ice to move down a mountainside how many processes of erosion are involved?
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What is the process of erosion called, when ice moves over the rock surface, the meltwater freezes around loose sections pulling them away?
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Ice at the base of a glacier melts because of the great pressure it is under. What is this process called?
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Water travels from the surface of the glacier to its base via giant cracks. What are these cracks called?
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What is the second method of glacial erosion?
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What is the process of erosion called that is caused by rocks and boulders embedded in the glacier acting like sandpaper as they scrape across the rockface?
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Large boulders embedded in the glacier scrape along the rock surface scarring the landscape. What are the resulting features called?
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How long ago did the last ice age finish?
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Question 15 of 15
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Which method of erosion is particularly effective when the rock contains many cracks which the water can seep into and freeze?
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