DP Geography Questionbank

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Explain the advance and retreat of glaciers and the main features resulting from the processes of erosion and deposition by glaciers.

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• 17N.2.sl.06a.iii: Suggest why a short-term increase in glacial ice (positive balance) begins around 1950.
• 17N.2.sl.06a.ii: State the year when the glacier began a continuous decline lasting to 2010.
• 17N.2.sl.06a.i: Estimate the volume of ice lost between 1850 and 1950.
• 17N.2.sl.05b: Explain the formation of one feature or landform of glacial deposition.
• 17N.2.sl.05a.v: Using map evidence, explain one reason, other than climate, why mining in this extreme...
• 17N.2.sl.05a.iv: State the height gained from the spot height in square 3315 to the triangulation pillar in square...
• 17N.2.sl.05a.iii: Estimate the length in kilometres of the walking track between the start of the walking track...
• 17N.2.sl.05a.ii: State the name of one U-shaped valley/trough shown on the map.
• 17N.2.sl.05a.i: Identify one landform of glacial erosion in square 3415.
• 17M.2.bp.5b.ii: Explain two reasons why many glaciers are retreating.
• 17M.2.bp.5b.i: Distinguish between the terms “accumulation” and “ablation” in the glacial environment.
• .2.bp.5a: Referring to the graph, describe the changes in the terminus of the Santa Rosa glacier from...
• .2.bp.5b: Explain the processes involved in the advance and retreat of glaciers.
• 11M.2.bp.6b: Explain how and why glaciers and ice masses have sometimes advanced.
• 11N.2.bp.6b: Explain how and why glaciers retreat.
• 12M.2.bp.5a: The photograph shows a periglacial landscape in southern Iceland. [Source: Copyright Bruce...
• 12M.2.bp.6b: Explain two landforms associated with deposition by glaciers.
• 12N.2.bp.5c: Examine the importance of water in the development of the landforms in any one extreme...
• 14M.2.hl.5a: (i) Identify and describe a landform of glacial erosion in area A on the map. (ii) Identify and...
• 14M.2.sl.5a: (i) Identify and describe a landform of glacial erosion in area A on the map. (ii) Identify and...
• 13N.2.hl.5c: Contrast the landforms that result from erosional and depositional glacial processes.
• 13N.2.sl.5c: Contrast the landforms that result from erosional and depositional glacial processes.
• 15N.2.hl.5a: Describe two changes in the landscape shown by the two photographs that demonstrate glacial retreat.
• 15N.2.sl.5a: Describe two changes in the landscape shown by the two photographs that demonstrate glacial retreat.
• 15N.2.sl.5b: Explain the formation of two features resulting from the processes of glacial...
• 15N.2.hl.5b: Explain the formation of two features resulting from the processes of glacial...