IceontheLand

GCSEGeography

RevisionPack

Keywords

Definitionincludingdetails

Icesheet

Glacier

PleistoceneEra

IceAge

Glacialperiods

Interglacialperiods

Firn

Glacialbudget

Accumulation

Ablation

Erosion

Plucking

Abrasion

Weathering

Freezethaw

Corries(cirques,cwms)

Tarn(corrielake)

Pyramidalpeak

Aretes

Hangingvalleys

Definitionincludingdetails

Glacialtroughs

Truncatedspurs

Ribbonlakes

Rotationalslip

Bulldozing

Moraine

Lateralmoraine

Medialmoraine

Terminalmoraine

Groundmoraine

Drumlins

Avalanche

Introducingice

Annotatethephotographwithcharacteristicsofaglacier

Annotatethephotographwithcharacteristicsofanicesheet

Iceinthepast...

AddtothemapthemaximumextentofthelastIceAge.

Addthecurrentextentoficesheets.

Showwherethefollowingglaciersarelocated:FoxGlacier,MetdeGlaceandAthabascaGlacier

Summarisehoweachofthepictureshelpsdescribeandexplainchangesinclimateinthepast

Fossils.

Landforms.

Icecores.

Glaciersadvanceandretreat

Drawasimplepictureorcartoontoillustrateeachofthekeyterms.

GlacierMovement

Accumulation

Ablation

GlacialBudget

Drawanannotateddiagramofaglacier

Completetheflowdiagramtoshowhowsnowturnsintoglacierice.

CompletethecauseandeffectmaptoshowthechangesthathavetakenplacetotheRhoneGlacier,Switzerland

3Endhere...Addfactualdetailswhatiscausingtheglaciertoshrink.

2Makelinkstotheconsequencesforglaciersinotherpartsoftheworld

RhoneGlacier,Switzerland

1Starthere...Addevidencethattheglacierisshrinking

GlaciersatworkGlacialerosionandweathering

Completethedetaileddefinitionsforpluckingandabrasion

Pluckingis.... Abrasionis...State:Writeasentencethatsayswhateachprocessis.

Inotherwords.... Inotherwords....Elaborate:Nowaddmoredetails;howcouldyouexplainitusingdifferentwords.

Exemplify:Giveanexample.

Forexample.... Forexample....

Itislike...

Drawannotateddiagramstoshowthesequenceoffreezethawweathering

Illustrate:Eitherdrawapicturetohelpmakethetermclearerormakeacomparison.

Itislike...

GlaciersatworkErosionalLandforms1

Drawannotateddiagramstoshowhoweachdistinctivelandformisaresultofglacialerosion.

Corries(cwms)

Artes PyramidalPeaks

GlaciersatworkErosionalLandforms2

Completethesketchbycompletingeachboxdescribingtheformationofeachfeatureandthenlabelthefeatureonthesketch.

HangingValley TruncatedSpur

GlacialTroughRibbonLake

GlaciersatworkDepositionalLandforms

Completetheflowdiagramtoshowhowglacierstransportmaterial.

Labelthetypesofmoraineshowninthisphotograph.

Annotatethisphotographtoexplainhowdrumlinsareformed.

TourismintheAlps

SummarisewhypeopleareattractedtoplaceslikeChamonix,France.

ResortdetailsActivities

Visitornumbers

Gettingthere

IstourismgoodfortheAlps?

Completethewhymaptoanswerthequestion.

IstourismgoodfortheAlps?

NOYES

WHY?

WHY?

WHY?

WHY?

WHY?

WHY?

Avalanche!

Completeamindmapoutliningthecauses,immediateandlongtermeffectsofavalanches.

ClimatechangeandtheAlps

Europesglaciersretreat

Summarisekeychanges

Sowhat...

Sowhat...

Mainimpacts