Glacial Landforms & Landscapes (Edexcel A Level Geography): Exam Questions

Exam code: 9GE0

3 hours18 questions
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Study Figure 2b

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Figure 2b

Pro-glacial deposits at the snout of the Spielboden Glacier

Explain the differences in the characteristics of the deposits at locations A and B.

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Explain how upland glacial landforms can be used to study former ice extent and movement.

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Study Figure 2a

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Figure 2a

A relict glaciated landscape

Explain the contribution of glacial erosional processes to the development of this landscape

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Explain the role of glacial meltwater in creating distinctive landforms.

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Figure 2 shows a lowland glaciated landscape during and after glaciation.

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Figure 2A A glaciated lowland during the Ice Age

Study Figure 2A.

Explain how meltwater has contributed to the formation of the proglacial features shown.

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Study Figure 3.

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Figure 3

A relict glaciated valley landscape

Explain the contribution of glacial deposition to the development of this landscape.

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Study Figure 4

Figure 4 shows a lowland glaciated landscape during and after glaciation.

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Figure 4 A glaciated lowland after the Ice Age

Explain how the landforms shown in Figure 2B can be used to help reconstruct ice movement.

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Study Figure 2a.

Wide aerial view of a flat relict till plain in North America, covered by large green crop fields beneath a bright blue, slightly cloudy sky

Explain how the processes of lodgement and ablation have created this relict till plain.

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Study Figure 2b.

OS map extract showing a relict landscape in the Lake District

Suggest how glacial erosion has contributed to the formation of this landscape.

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Study Figure 2a.

Glacial landforms in an upland relict environment

Explain the contribution of glacial processes to the development of these landforms.

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Study Figure 2b.

An active glacial landscape in Iceland

Explain how glacial deposition contributes to the development of this landscape.

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Study Figure 1.

Rocky ground with a large, smooth glaciated bedrock surface showing parallel lines, surrounded by scattered angular stones and boulders.
Figure 1 - Glacial erosion Public Domain USGS

Explain how glacial erosion produced the features shown on the bedrock.

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Study Figure 1.

Photograph showing a glacier with lake and surrounding raised areas
Figure 1 - Glacial Landform CC-BY-2.0 by R Droker

Explain how the moraine shown was formed.

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Study Figure 1.

Mountain lake nestled beneath steep rocky cliffs, surrounded by green slopes and scattered foreground boulders under a clear blue sky
Figure 1 - Glacial landform CC BY SA 2.0 Colin Smith

Explain how the landform shown was formed.

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Study Figure 1.

Diagram of a drumlin of till, with a steep blunt stoss end facing incoming ice and a gently tapering lee end pointing in the direction of ice flow.
Figure 1 - Glacial landform

Explain how the landform shown was formed.

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Evaluate the view that erosional processes are the most important factor in the formation of upland glacial landforms.

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Evaluate the view that differential geology is the most important factor in shaping glacial landscapes.

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Evaluate the view that glacial landscapes are shaped more by erosion than by deposition.