GCSE Geography – Movement of glaciers

Last updated: 10/02/2021
AQA GCSE Geography GCSE Geography – Movement of glaciers
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  1. In the Summer months what lubricates the glacier enabling it to slide downhill?

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  2. What is the term used to describe a glacier sliding downhill?

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  3. What is the term used to describe the semi-circular (curved) motion of the glacier as it moves downhill?

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  4. In Winter, the weight of the ice and gravity cause individual ice crystals to change shape in a plastic-like way. What is this process called?

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  5. What is the sediment of glaciers called?

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  6. As the glacier moves forward it pushes loose debris ahead of it. What is this process called?

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  7. What happens to the sediment when the ice melts?

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  8. As the glacier melts and retreats, what is the bed of broken rock fragments that is left behind called?

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  9. Ahead of the glacier, meltwater rivers will carry sediment away. What erosion process will cause the rock fragments to become smaller?

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  10. As the glacier melts, finer sediment is often carried many kilometres away. What is this sand and gravel material called?

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  11. As the glacier moves slowly downhill great cracks form as the glacier moves over uneven surfaces. What are these cracks called?

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  12. What is glacial ice formed from?

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  13. What is the geographical name for the dividing line above which there is permanent snow cover/ice and below which snow melts in Summer?

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  14. What is another name for till?

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  15. What is the bottom end point of the glacier called?

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