Glaciers

Layers of snow compresses into glacier ice called

• Holly Ice

• Firn Ice

• Daisy Ice

• Thick Ice

Valley glaciers can be found in the Himalayas and what other mountain range

• Dublin Mountains

• Wicklow Mountains

• Alps

• Scottish Highlands

The glacial erosion process that removes rock from the ground and valley sides

• Scooping

• Attrition

• Compression

• Plucking

Moraine found along the sides of a glacier is

• Side moraine

• Lateral Moraine

• Terminal Moraine

• Medial Moraine

Another name for a CIRQUE is a

• Cave

• Lake

• Corrie

• Arete

The erosion process that widens and deepens the cirque

• Abrasion

• Hydraulic Action

• Attrition

• Plucking

A knife-edged ridge that forms when 2 cirques are back -to-back

• Arete

• Hanging Valley

• Corrie

• Lake

The glacial valley that lies above the main U-shaped valley is a

• Swinging Valley

• V-shaped Valley

• Hanging Valley

• River Valley

A cirque that contains a lake is called a ....... lake

• Ribbon

• Tarn

• Upper lake

• Lower lake

Pyramidal Peaks are in the shape of a

• Circle

• Square

• Cube

• Triangle