enquiry 1 climate change influence on glacial landscapes formation

Question 1

pleistocene characteristics

Answer 1

-wasn’t a single ice age as over 2 mil years, temps fluctuated enough for many ice advances and retreats
-extent of ice advance in each glacial was different
-fluctuations in each major glaical - stadial = relatively short lived pulses of ice advance, interstadials = warmer periods of retreat

Question 2

distribution of ice last 20,000 years

Answer 2

Vast ice sheets covered North America and europe, southern UK ice free, sea levels fell 130metres and extesnive glaciers and ice caps in south america and mountainous regions