
Glaciers in Scotland
Authored by Kirsty Boulton
Geography
6th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is a glacier?
A large body of water
A large moving mass of ice
A type of mountain
A river that is frozen
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
How did glaciers form in Scotland?
River water froze and turned into ice.
Over a short time the climate cooled and after one big snow storm glaciers filled the valleys
Frost built up over many years creating a river of ice.
Over many years the climate cooled, snow fell and layered up. The air was squeezed out and compacted into a thick ice sheet.
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
When approximately did Scotland last have glaciers?
About 10,000 to 12,000 years ago
500 years ago
2,000 years ago
100,000 years ago
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Glaciers move......
Same speed as water in a river
Slowly, usually only a few hundred metres per year
Very very slowly, only a few centimetres per year
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
When they move glaciers are able to wear away some of the rock underneath. In geography we call this....
deposition
erosion
transportation
wearing away rock
6.
FILL IN THE BLANKS QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What is the name given to the shape of a valley BEFORE glaciation?
(a)
7.
FILL IN THE BLANKS QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What is the name given to the shape of a valley AFTER glaciation?
(a)
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