GEL1503 - Environmental Geology Assignment 2 MCQ (2021/2022). GEL1503 (2021) - Assignment 2, 1st semester
50 MCQ's
1. Valley glaciers are also known as _________ glaciers.
1.1 lowland
1.2 alpine
1.3 upland
1.4 gorge
1.5 all the above
1.6 ignore question
2. Which of the following deposition...
1. Valley glaciers are also known as _________ glaciers.
1.1 lowland
1.2 alpine
1.3 upland
1.4 gorge
1.5 all the above
1.6 ignore question
2. Which of the following depositional features would you look for to assess whether an area
had undergone glaciation?
2.1 horns, aretes or cols
2.2 terminal moraines
2.3 hanging valleys
2.4 ice caps
2.5 all the above
2.6 ignore question
3. Which of the following is the most important factor in causing mass movements?
3.1 temperature
3.2 pressure
3.3 water content
3.4 bulk composition
3.5 none the above
3.6 ignore question
4. In a continental glacier, ice flows ________.
4.1 from the edges to the centre
4.2 from north to south
4.3 from the centre to the edges
4.4 from south to north
4.5 none the above
4.6 ignore question
5. The process by which masses of rock and soil move downhill under the influence of
gravity is called ______.
5.1 land sliding
5.2 solifluction
5.3 hydraulic action
5.4 mass wasting
5.5 none the above
5.6 ignore question
6. When two cirques at the heads of adjacent valleys meet at the mountaintop, they produce
a sharp, jagged crest called a(n) __________.
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