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.

Icecores.

Landforms.

Glaciersadvanceandretreat
Drawasimplepictureorcartoontoillustrateeachofthekey
terms.

Completetheflowdiagramto
showhowsnowturnsinto
glacierice.

Glacier
Movement

Accumulation

Ablation

Glacial
Budget

Drawanannotateddiagramofaglacier

CompletethecauseandeffectmaptoshowthechangesthathavetakenplacetotheRhoneGlacier,Switzerland

3Endhere...
Addfactualdetailswhatiscausing
theglaciertoshrink.

1Starthere...
Addevidencethattheglacier
isshrinking

2Makelinkstothe
consequencesforglaciersin
otherpartsoftheworld

RhoneGlacier,Switzerland

GlaciersatworkGlacialerosionandweathering
Completethedetaileddefinitionsforpluckingandabrasion

State:Writeasentence
thatsayswhateach
processis.

Elaborate:Nowadd
moredetails;howcould
youexplainitusing
differentwords.

Pluckingis....

Abrasionis...

Inotherwords....

Inotherwords....

Exemplify:Givean
example.

Forexample....

Forexample....

Illustrate:Eitherdrawa
picturetohelpmake
thetermcleareror
makeacomparison.

Itislike...

Itislike...

Drawannotateddiagramstoshowthesequenceoffreezethawweathering

GlaciersatworkErosionalLandforms1
Drawannotateddiagramstoshowhoweachdistinctivelandformisaresultofglacialerosion.

Corries(cwms)

Artes

PyramidalPeaks

GlaciersatworkErosionalLandforms2
Completethesketchbycompletingeachboxdescribingtheformationofeachfeatureandthenlabelthefeatureonthesketch.

HangingValley

TruncatedSpur

RibbonLake

GlacialTrough

GlaciersatworkDepositionalLandforms
Completetheflowdiagramtoshowhowglacierstransportmaterial.

Labelthetypesofmoraineshowninthisphotograph.

Annotatethisphotographtoexplainhowdrumlinsareformed.

TourismintheAlps
SummarisewhypeopleareattractedtoplaceslikeChamonix,France.

Resortdetails

Activities

Visitornumbers

Gettingthere

IstourismgoodfortheAlps?
Completethewhymaptoanswerthequestion.

IstourismgoodfortheAlps?

NO

YES
WHY?

WHY?

WHY?
WHY?

WHY?
WHY?

Avalanche!
Completeamindmapoutliningthecauses,immediateandlongtermeffectsofavalanches.

ClimatechangeandtheAlps

Europesglaciersretreat
Summarisekeychanges

Main
impacts

Sowhat...

Sowhat...