Which of the following features is caused by freeze-thaw weathering?
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A valley
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A pyramidal peak
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A ribbon lake
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All of the above
Q.2.
What is a truncated spur?
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A feature of a valley created by a river bursting its banks due to a glacier melting rapidly
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A feature of a ribbon lake
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An interlocking spur that has been cut by a glacier
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Another name for an interlocking spur
Q.3.
What gives a glacier its erosional power?
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Loose blocks of ice
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Pieces of rock embedded within the ice
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Lateral moraines
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Wind and rain moving the ice from side to side
Q.4.
What causes a glacier to move?
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Gravity
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Molten ice
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Molten lava
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Storms pushing down on the ice
Q.5.
Crib Goch is an arête on Snowdon (a mountain in Wales). It lies between two U-shaped valleys. Which of the following is the most likely way it was formed?
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Wind erosion
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Volcanic activity
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Freeze-thaw weathering
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An earthquake that happened just after Snowdon was formed
Q.6.
The place where a glacier forms is ...
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corrie
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cwm
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cirque
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all of the above
Q.7.
How is a hanging valley formed?
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Plate tectonics pushes it upwards
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Water rushing out from a glacier as it is melting in the summer
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Freeze-thaw weathering occurs along a fault line that joins an established glaciated valley
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A small glacier flows into a larger one
Q.8.
Which of the following features is created by the overdeepening of a glacial valley by the glacier that made it?
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Ribbon lake
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String lake
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Oxbow lake
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Glacier lake
Q.9.
What is the letter that describes the profile of a valley that has been cut by a glacier?
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U
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V
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W
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X
Q.10.
Which of the following is not a glacial erosion landform?
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Hanging valley
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U-shaped valley
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Drumlin
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Cwm
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