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UNIT 2: Chapter 5 Glaciated Landscapes
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The impact of glaciation on river valleys
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UNIT 2: Chapter 5 Glaciated Landscapes
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Learning objective
• To study the impact of glaciation on river valleys.
Tomorrow’s Geography for Edexcel GCSE Specification A Dynamic Learning Network Edition
UNIT 2: Chapter 5 Glaciated Landscapes
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Learning outcomes
• To understand the processes of glacial erosion.
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UNIT 2: Chapter 5 Glaciated Landscapes
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Learning outcomes
• To understand the process of freeze-thaw and how it provides material for abrasion and moraine formation.
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UNIT 2: Chapter 5 Glaciated Landscapes
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Learning outcomes
• To be able to describe and explain the formation of corries, arêtes, pyramidal peaks, corrie lakes, U-shaped valleys, truncated spurs, hanging valleys and ribbon lakes.
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UNIT 2: Chapter 5 Glaciated Landscapes
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Learning outcomes
• To be able to describe and explain landforms of glacial disposition: moraines, drumlins and erratics.
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UNIT 2: Chapter 5 Glaciated Landscapes
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Key Terms
Corrie
An armchair-shaped hollow left after glaciation.
Tomorrow’s Geography for Edexcel GCSE Specification A Dynamic Learning Network Edition
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How people used glaciated landscapes
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UNIT 2: Chapter 5 Glaciated Landscapes
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Learning objective
• To study how people use glaciated valleys.
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UNIT 2: Chapter 5 Glaciated Landscapes
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Learning outcomes
• To know the ways in which people use glacial and glaciated landscapes.
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Key Terms
Hydroelectric power
Energy produced by running water turning a turbine.
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UNIT 2: Chapter 5 Glaciated Landscapes
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Key Terms
National Park
An area of countryside which is being protected because of its beauty and also managed for visitor recreation.
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UNIT 2: Chapter 5 Glaciated Landscapes
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Key Terms
Coniferous
Trees which stay in leaf all year round.
Tomorrow’s Geography for Edexcel GCSE Specification A Dynamic Learning Network Edition
UNIT 2: Chapter 5 Glaciated Landscapes
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Avalanches and their management
Tomorrow’s Geography for Edexcel GCSE Specification A Dynamic Learning Network Edition
UNIT 2: Chapter 5 Glaciated Landscapes
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Learning objective
• To study avalanches and their management.
Tomorrow’s Geography for Edexcel GCSE Specification A Dynamic Learning Network Edition
UNIT 2: Chapter 5 Glaciated Landscapes
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Learning outcomes
• To know what causes the effects of a named avalanche.
Tomorrow’s Geography for Edexcel GCSE Specification A Dynamic Learning Network Edition
UNIT 2: Chapter 5 Glaciated Landscapes
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Learning outcomes
• To understand how avalanches can be predicted and the ways that avalanches can be prevented.
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