ESS
Grade-4
Easy

Question

U-shaped valleys and parallel grooves in bedrock are formed by________.

  1. Erosion by wind
  2. Erosion by ice
  3. Erosion by waves
  4. Erosion by water

hintHint:

U shaped valleys and parallel groove in bedrock are characteristics of erosion by glacial ice.

The correct answer is: Erosion by ice


    • U shaped valleys are formed by glaciation. 
    • Glaciation develops in v shaped river valleys where ice erodes the surrounding rocks to form u shaped valleys.
    • Glacial grooves are caused by glaciers moving over the bedrock.
    • Rock material is embedded into the bedrock as they move . This cuts the bedrock .

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