Landforms Created by Glaciers

Q. How many types of moraines are there?

1. 4
2. 5
3. 6
4. 7

Q. Which of the following statements is incorrect about a glacier?

1. Glaciers are broadly classified into two categories based on the place of occurrence.
2. Continental glaciers are thick sheets of ice that cover vast areas of a continent.
3. Slow moving mass of ice or ‘a river of ice’ is called a glacier.
4. Valley glaciers are found in cold mountain regions that receive no snowfall.

Q. Which of the following is not a type of erosional landform created by a glacier?

1. Cirque
2. Aretes
3. Hanging Valleys
4. Continental Glacier

Q. When two bowls of depression are formed on the side of a mountain and joined back to back, it forms sharp and narrow ridges known as .

1. cirques
2. aretes
3. hanging valleys

Q. How many predominant types of moraines are there?

1. Five
2. Six
3. Four
4. Seven

Q. Glaciers form hanging valleys as the main valley gets eroded faster than the tributary valleys.

1. True
2. False

Q. Identify the erosional landform of glacial origin:

1. Esker
2. Drumline
3. Moraine
4. Cirque

Q. Glaciers form hanging valleys as the main valley gets eroded faster than the tributary valleys.

1. True
2. False

Q. Identify the erosional landform of glacial origin:

1. Esker
2. Moraine
3. Cirque
4. Drumline

Q. When two bowls of depression are formed on the side of a mountain and joined back to back, it forms sharp and narrow ridges known as .

1. cirques
2. aretes
3. hanging valleys

Q. When two bowls of depression are formed on the side of a mountain and joined back to back, it forms sharp and narrow ridges known as .

1. cirques
2. aretes
3. hanging valleys

Q. Which of the following statements is incorrect about a glacier?

1. Glaciers are broadly classified into two categories based on the place of occurrence.
2. Continental glaciers are thick sheets of ice that cover vast areas of a continent.
3. Slow moving mass of ice or ‘a river of ice’ is called a glacier.
4. Valley glaciers are found in cold mountain regions that receive no snowfall.

Q. Which of the following landforms are formed by tributaries of glaciers over the main glacial valley?

1. Aretes
2. Hanging valleys
3. Drumlins
4. Cirques

Q. Which of these is not the type of moraine.

1. Ground moraines
2. Lateral moraines
3. Dissected moraines
4. Terminal moraines

Q. Why do glacier fed rivers flow in winters also?

Q. Which of the following are formed due to erosional work of glaciers.

1. Hanging valley
2. Cirques
3. Horns
4. All of the above