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10.IW-Do First

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Question 1

1.

Glaciers are also called

A Slow moving river

An Icebergs

A Mountains

Question 2

2.

Glaciers can be found in every continent except _________

Australia

South America

Asia

North America

Europe

Russia

Africa

Canada

Question 3

3.

It takes _ or even __ for glaciers to form; this is a…

months; years; long process

decades; centuries; slow process

era’s; periods; medium process

Question 4

4.

The weight of the glacier plus ________ causes the glacier to move downhill

sliding

subduction

wind

gravity

combustion

Question 5

5.

Water beneath glaciers soaks into cracks into the rocks below. What happens to the rocks?

Water freezes, expands, and weathers the rocks

Water jets into the air

Water mixes with the rock and becomes a part of the rock

Water seeps all the way down until it reaches lava points

Question 6

6.

Abrasion

When the glacier receives snow again

When rocks pile up on the glacier

When the glacier melts completely

When the glacier moves across bedrock making it smooth

Question 7

7.

As glaciers move downhill to warmer temperatures

Form more snow

Melt glaciers

Question 8

8.

Any sediments that do not melt like rocks and sand are deposited downhill as...

mud

mesh

powder

till 

Question 9

9.

Glaciers can create

Lakes

Valley’s

Volcanoes

Masses

Question 10

10.

Glaciers are the largest

Sources of new land

Sources of freshwater on the planet

Sources of rain and precipitation.