Shelves: Shrinking and formation
Glaciers flow out/on to
coastlines/ocean
Thought of as __ supporting glaciers
a wall
These are in constant motion, spreading under their own weight?
Ice Sheets
When the ice sheets melt they are responsible for this happening.
Sea level rise.
50,000
Terminated/Stopped from spreading due to
Strong currents
Not affected directly
sea levels
Thought to be responsible for many fjords.
Ice shelves
What is the largest Ice Sheet?
Antarctic.
Ice Sheets form from? This happens over years and years.
Ice accumulation.
Can also be formed by?
Sea ice and local snowfall.
Sea levels rise due to
Glaciers acceleration
This will flow and slides over uneven surfaces covering everything in its path?
Ice Sheet.
What is the percentage of land ice that the ice sheets cover?
99%
What is another name for ice sheets?
Continental Glaciers.
Natural occurrence, when ice breaks off.
Calving
Considered a part of
The Ocean
Built up by snowfall, yet can remain stable for millions of years.
Ice Shelves
Where are the two ice sheets in world?
Greenland and Antarctic.
Ice Sheets act more like this state of matter?
liquid
when warm water breaks off ice
disintegration
Thought as the largest Ice shelf
Ross Ice Shelf
These used to cover most of the northern hemisphere during the ice ages, now there are very few.
Ice Sheets.
The two ice sheets store this amount of the worlds freshwater?
2/3 of all freshwater.
Ice Sheets are this shape? Not flat
dome