Frozen
This large, slow-moving mass of ice forms when snow builds up and compacts over many years.
What is a glacier?
This type of rock material is dropped directly by a melting glacier.
What is till?
This shallow, gently sloping area of the ocean floor is closest to land.
What is the continental shelf?
This process changes liquid water into water vapour, often using heat from the Sun.
What is evaporation?
This rapid growth of algae can turn water green and reduce oxygen levels.
What is an algal bloom?
This wide, flat valley with steep sides is shaped like a letter and is carved by glaciers.
What is a U-shaped valley?
This glacial formation is a ridge of rocks and debris pushed or left behind by a glacier.
What is a moraine?
This long chain of underwater mountains is found in the middle of many oceans.
What is the mid-ocean ridge?
This process occurs when water vapour cools and changes back into liquid droplets.
What is condensation?
This type of freshwater moves in one direction and eventually flows into a larger body of water.
What is a river?
This sharp, narrow ridge forms when two glaciers erode opposite sides of a mountain.
What is an arête?
This bowl-shaped hollow carved into a mountainside by a glacier is often where glaciers begin.
What is a cirque?
Most of the world’s ocean floor is made up of this broad, flat area covered in sediment.
What is the abyssal plain?
This stage of the water cycle involves water being stored in soil or rock.
What is groundwater?
This term describes how harmful substances become more concentrated as they move up a food chain.
What is bioaccumulation?
This pyramid-shaped peak forms when three or more glaciers erode a mountain from different sides.
What is a horn?
This large rock was carried far from its original location and left behind when a glacier melted.
What is an erratic?
This ocean feature is rich in marine life because sunlight can still reach the ocean floor.
What is the continental shelf?
This process happens when water changes directly from ice into water vapour without becoming liquid.
What is sublimation?
This is one harmful effect of acid precipitation on the environment.
What is damage to forests, soil, or aquatic life?
These long scratches left on rock surfaces show the direction a glacier once moved.
What are striations?
This is another name for the bowl-shaped hollow carved into a mountainside by a glacier.
Hyfryd!
This ocean floor feature is the deepest part of the world’s oceans, sometimes deeper than Mount Everest is tall.
What is an ocean trench?
This energy source drives the entire water cycle.
What is the Sun?
This human activity often adds nutrients to water, increasing the risk of algal blooms.
What is fertilizer runoff/agricultural runoff?