Water Formation
A Glacier is....
A thick mass of ice
Sea Ice is....
Frozen sea water.
What is an Ice Cap????
A mass of glacial ice covering a high upward or plateau and spreading out radially.
What is an Alpine Glacier??
A glacier confined to a mountain valley.
Glaciers are the largest source of ________ for the entire world.
Freshwater
Zone of Accumulation?
The part of the glacier characterized by snow accumulation and ice formation.
An Iceberg is...
A mass of floating ice produced by a calving glacier.
In addition to mountains, glaciers also form _______ and ________.
Lakes; Valleys
What are Glaciers known as?
Slow moving rivers of ice. Or Natures boulders.
Name the only place in the world where no glaciers are found,
Australia :I
What is Ice Sheet? *Think of ice caps*
A very large, thick mass of glacial ice flowing outward in all directions from one or more accumulation center.
Calving is... ;)
Wastage of a glacier that occurs when large pieces of ice break off into water.
Where are most glaciers found?
Polar Regions
How do glaciers move?
Basal Sliding
Internal flow
Gravity
Continental glaciers do what?
Cover vast areas, portions of a continent.
What are Alpine Glaciers also called and where do they form.
Valley glaciers; Form in mountaineous regions.
What do glaciers play a crucial role in??
Earths climate and sea levels.
What holds 1/5 of all the freshwater??
Tanganyika
What does 30% of the plants freshwater lie?
Beneath the surface of the land.
What allow the capybana to detect the jaguar??
Acute hearing
List the three Hydrologic cycle??
Evaporation
Precipitation
Infiltration
What is another name for hydrologic cycle??
Water cycle.
List the three river zones??
Sediment production
Transportation
Deposition
Name the four drainage patterns??
Radial
Rectangular
Dendritic
Trellis
what is the definition for Transpiration??
Release of water by plants into the atmosphere.