Glacial Transportation (Leaving Cert Geography): Quizzes
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What is the zone of ablation?
What is the zone of ablation?
Where more ice melts than forms
What key feature distinguishes boulder clay from other deposits?
What key feature distinguishes boulder clay from other deposits?
Unsorted and unstratified
How are fluvioglacial deposits created?
How are fluvioglacial deposits created?
By meltwater streams
Where do lateral moraines form?
Where do lateral moraines form?
Along valley sides
When does a medial moraine form?
When does a medial moraine form?
When tributary glaciers join
Where does Ireland's major terminal moraine run?
Where does Ireland's major terminal moraine run?
Wicklow to Shannon mouth
What causes recessional moraines to form?
What causes recessional moraines to form?
Colder periods halt retreat
What landscape does ground moraine create?
What landscape does ground moraine create?
Flat or gently rolling
What material are drumlins composed of?
What material are drumlins composed of?
Boulder clay
Which end of a drumlin is steep?
Which end of a drumlin is steep?
Stoss end
What term describes the appearance of drumlin swarms?
What term describes the appearance of drumlin swarms?
Basket of eggs topography
Which is the most common type of moraine?
Which is the most common type of moraine?
Ground moraine