The simple stuff...
Glacier Movement...
Glacier Facts
Just some facts
And Yet Some More Facts...
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A moving mass of ice and snow...
What is a glacier
100
Large chunks of ice that break loose from continental glaciers
What are icebergs
100
The only continent that does not have any glaciers
What is Australia
100
a small depression that forms when a chunk of ice is left in a glacial till.
What is a kettle
100
More snow falls each year than it melts, forming layers of solid ice
What is how a glacier forms.
200
A glacier that forms extensive area of relativley level land that flows outwards from its center
What is a polar ice cap
200
Average rate of movement for continental glaciers
what is a few mm/day or few cm/day
200
A large mass of compacted snow and ice
What is a glacier
200
About how much of the world's water do glaciers contain?
What is 2.15%
200
Most glaciers are found in ____
What is Antarctica
300
An upland area of ice that feeds two or more glaciers.
What is an icefield
300
The speed of glacial movement is partly determined by _______.
What is slope or friction
300
the main difference in continental and valley glaciers is its _________.
What is location.
300
name the main difference between valley glaciers and continental glaciers.
Valley glaciers are formed at high altitudes and continental glaciers are formed at high latitudes
400
A glacier that forms in a mountain range...
What is a valley glacier
400
A glacier moves as a _______ rather than a liquid.
What is a solid
400
Percent of land covered in glaciers
What is 10%
400
Glaciers store ___ % of the worlds fresh water.
What is 75%
500
A glacier covers a significant part of a continent
What is a continental glacier
500
Glaciers are masses of ice that flow under the influence of _____.
What is gravity
500
the mixture of sediments that a glacier deposits directly on the surface.
What is a till
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