Cold environments

1. 1Permafrost is ground that is frozen all year around

   1. ATrue
   2. BFalse
2. 2with every 1,000 meters increase in height the temperature drops...

   1. A6.4 degrees
   2. B4.3 degrees
   3. C9.6 degrees
3. 3Latitude dependent cold environments

   1. Apolar glacial
   2. Bperiglacial
   3. Calpine
   4. Dperma
4. 4I am the smallest type of glacier, found occupying a corrie, where summer temperatures cause some melting, summer - retreat, winter - advance

   1. Awarm based glacier (alpine)
   2. Bniche glacier
   3. Cpiedmont glacier
5. 5I am found in areas below 0 degrees, I move very slowly due to little melting and when i do move I move internally

   1. ACold based glacier (polar)
   2. BValley glacier
   3. Cpiedmont glacier
6. 6Factors affecting ice movement

   1. Ameltwater
   2. Btemperature
   3. Cfriction
   4. Dgradient
   5. Eweight/mass
   6. Faspect
   7. Gsnowflake size
7. 7What are the 5 types of ice movement?

   1. AInternal flow
   2. Bcompressing flow
   3. CExtensional flow
   4. DRotational flow
   5. EBasal flow
   6. FIce flow
   7. Gcrystal flow
8. 8Which of these are examples of alpine areas?

   1. AAlps
   2. BAndes
   3. CAustralia
   4. DSouthern russia
9. 9Russia, Canada and western Greenland are examples of...

   1. AGlacial environments
   2. BPeri-glacial environments
   3. CPermafrost zones
10. 10Antarctica is a glacial environment close to the South pole

    1. ATrue
    2. BFalse

11. 11The process that involves water getting into cracks, freezing and expanding 10% then melting as the temperature increases, then refreezing again and again, weakening the rock until the cracks widen so much that the rock shatters is called...

    1. AFrost shattering
    2. BPlucking
    3. CAbrasion
12. 12Nivation involves...

    1. Alocation of underneath patches of snow in a corrie/hollow
    2. Bfreeze-thaw of the ground and rock below disintergrates
    3. Cwest facing hollow to avoid wind
    4. Dsnow melts in summer and material is washed away
    5. EHollow gets shallower
    6. FHollow gets deeper

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Quiz on Cold environments, created by katielouise77 on 14/03/2015.

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