Glacial Deposition (Leaving Cert Geography): Quizzes
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What causes glacial deposition to occur?
What causes glacial deposition to occur?
When glaciers lose energy
What is the unsorted material in moraines called?
What is the unsorted material in moraines called?
Till or boulder clay
How do medial moraines develop?
How do medial moraines develop?
Where two glaciers join
What do terminal moraines mark?
What do terminal moraines mark?
The furthest advance of a glacier
Which end of a drumlin points in the direction of ice flow?
Which end of a drumlin points in the direction of ice flow?
The gentle (tapered) end
What term describes the appearance of drumlins from above?
What term describes the appearance of drumlins from above?
Basket of eggs topography
How are fluvioglacial deposits different from direct glacial deposits?
How are fluvioglacial deposits different from direct glacial deposits?
They are sorted and stratified
Where did eskers initially form?
Where did eskers initially form?
Within tunnels inside glaciers
Which Irish esker extends from Galway to Dublin?
Which Irish esker extends from Galway to Dublin?
Eiscir Riada
On outwash plains, which materials are deposited first?
On outwash plains, which materials are deposited first?
Heavier materials like gravel
What are erratics?
What are erratics?
Boulders deposited in areas with different rock types
What type of valley do glacial spillways create?
What type of valley do glacial spillways create?
V-shaped valley