Glaciated Landscapes SG3a

Question 1

What was the last glacial period to have affected the Lake District?

Answer 1

The Devensian Glacial

Question 2

What as the mini-glacial which followed the Devensian Glacial and lasted no more than 1,000 years?

Answer 2

Loch Lomond Stadial

Question 3

When did the Devensian Glacial end?

Answer 3

12,000 years ago

Question 4

When did the Loch Lomond Stadial end?

Answer 4

11,000 years ago

Question 5

Name a corrie in the Lake District

Answer 5

Red Tarn

Question 6

What is the vertical height of Red Tarn’s backwall?

Answer 6

950m

Question 7

What is the height of Red Tarn above sea level?

Answer 7

720m

Question 8

What orientation is Red Tarn?

Answer 8

NE

Question 9

Name an arete in the Lake District

Answer 9

Striding Edge

Question 10

How long is Striding Edge?

Answer 10

1,664m

Question 11

Name a hanging valley in the Lake District

Answer 11

Glenridding Beck

Question 12

What is the change in height from Red Tarn to Glenridding Beck?

Answer 12

500m

Question 13

What is the length of Glenridding Beck?

Answer 13

3.77km

Question 14

Name a glacial trough in the Lake District

Answer 14

Patterdale

Question 15

How long is Patterdale?

Answer 15

15.53km

Question 16

How high are the valley sides of Patterdale?

Answer 16

400m

Question 17

Name a ribbon lake in the Lake District

Answer 17

Ullswater

Question 18

How long is Ullswater?

Answer 18

12.55km

Question 19

How wide is Ullswater?

Answer 19

976m

Question 20

Name a roche moutonnée in the Lake District

Answer 20

Norfolk Island

Question 21

Define Hummocky Moraine

Answer 21

Mounds of glacial till left by a retreating corrie glacier as the ice melts insitu

Question 22

Where is there a hummocky moraine in the Lake District?

Answer 22

Glenridding Beck

Question 23

Name a drumlin field in the Lake District

Answer 23

Eden Vale

Question 24

How many drumlins are in Eden Vale?

Answer 24

308

Question 25

What is the area of Eden Vale?

Answer 25

36km2

Question 26

How long are the drumlins in Eden Vale?

Answer 26

150m - 1,000m

Question 27

How wide are the drumlins in Eden Vale?

Answer 27

75m - 500m

Question 28

What are the drumlins made of in Eden Vale?

Answer 28

A few are rock cored, but most are unsorted till

Question 29

Where is there an erratic in the Lake District?

Answer 29

Allonby

Question 30

What is the latitude of the Lake District?

Answer 30

54 degrees N

Question 31

How much does temperature decrease by with every 1,000m increase in height?

Answer 31

6.5 degrees C

Question 32

What are the three major zones of rock types in the Lake District?

Answer 32

Skiddaw Group, Windermere Group, Borrowdale Volcanic Group

Question 33

Where is the Skiddaw Group found?

Answer 33

In the North of the Lake District

Question 34

Where is the Windermere Group found?

Answer 34

In the South of the Lake District

Question 35

Where is the Borrowdale Volcanic Group found?

Answer 35

In the centre of the Lake District

Question 36

Which of the three rock groups is most resistant to weathering and erosion?

Answer 36

Borrowdale Volcanic Group

Question 37

Which of the three rock groups is least resistant to weathering and erosion?

Answer 37

Windermere Group

Question 38

Which rock group has the most corries?

Answer 38

Borrowdale Volcanic Group

Question 39

Which rock has the least/no corries?

Answer 39

Windermere Group