Year 10 - Geography
Glacial landforms resulting from erosion and deposition
Glacial landscapes
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Unit Summary
This unit, comprising of three variants, teaches pupils about processes and landforms associated with coastal, river and glacial landscapes. Pupils will learn about the formative processes involved in creating distinctive landforms and of the need for management.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to explain the characteristics and formation of glacial landforms.
Key Notes
- Glacial landscapes exhibit several distinctive landforms.
- Distinctive landforms formed due to erosion including corries, aretes, pyramidal peaks, truncated spurs, glacial troughs
- Distinctive landforms formed due to processes of transportation and deposition include erratics, drumlins and moraine.
Vocabulary To Learn
- plucking: when a glacier pulls chunks of rock from the bedrock as it moves over it
- abrasion: when rocks and debris carried by a glacier scrape and wear away the surface beneath it
- glacial trough: a valley reshaped by glacial erosion into a U-shape
- moraine: accumulation of unsorted debris, such as soil and rock, deposited by a glacier
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Glacial erosion is the only process that creates new landscapes.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain this geography topic using two clear key points.
Glacial landscapes exhibit several distinctive landforms. Distinctive landforms formed due to erosion including corries, aretes, pyramidal peaks, truncated spurs, glacial troughs.
2. Define this geography term and use it in an example. 'plucking'
when a glacier pulls chunks of rock from the bedrock as it moves over it.
3. Correct this common geography misunderstanding.
Mistake: Glacial erosion is the only process that creates new landscapes. Correction: Glacial erosion does create new landforms, but as glaciers transport and then deposit the eroded material, this also creates new landscapes.
More Lessons In This Unit
- An example of a glaciated upland area used for tourism Study Guide
- An example of an upland glaciated landscape in the UK: North Wales Study Guide
- Conflicts in glaciated upland areas Study Guide
- Economic activities in glaciated upland areas Study Guide
- Ice-shaping processes Study Guide
- Using GIS to visualise glaciated landforms in upland areas Study Guide
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