Standard Grade Glaciation
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What feature is characterised by a waterfall?
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Corrie
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Pyramidal peak
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Arete
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Hanging valley
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Truncated spur
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Erosion features.
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How is it best to describe a corrie?
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Wide and flat
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Armchair hollow
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Knife edge ridge
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U-shaped valley
Correct Answer
A. Armchair hollow -
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When 3 corries form back to back what feature is created?
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Another corrie
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Pyramidal peak
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Arete
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Hanging valley
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Truncated spur
Correct Answer
A. Pyramidal peak -
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If a lake is left in the U-shaped valley what is it known as?
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A reservoir
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A loch
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A ribbon lake
Correct Answer
A. A ribbon lake -
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Freeze thaw weathering is still taking place in Scotland today. The jagged rock it creates is known as:
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Rock
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Scree
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Debris
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Pebbles
Correct Answer
A. Scree -
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When 2 corries form back to back what feature is created?
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Another corrie
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Pyramidal peak
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Arete
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Hanging valley
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Truncated spur
Correct Answer
A. Arete -
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A hanging valley is formed by:
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The main glacier
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A tributary glacier
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An identical glacier
Correct Answer
A. A tributary glacier -
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Which process takes place above the ice?
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Abrasion
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Plucking
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Freeze thaw
Correct Answer
A. Freeze thaw -
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Why is a river running through a U-shaped valley called a Misfit Stream?
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It was responsible for forming the valley shape.
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It looks out of place. There was no way that it could have formed the valley shape.
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It is long and narrow.
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The river is always small.
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A. It looks out of place. There was no way that it could have formed the valley shape. -
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Which process is responsible for deepening a corrie?
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Freeze thaw
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Plucking
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Abrasion
Correct Answer
A. Abrasion -
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