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Glacier

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Question 1

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Glaciers are also called

A Mountains

A Slow moving river

An Icebergs

Question 2

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Question 3

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

months; years; long process

era’s; periods; medium process

decades; centuries; slow process

Question 4

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

wind

sliding

combustion

Question 5

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

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

Water jets into the air

Water seeps all the way down until it reaches lava points

Water freezes, expands, and weathers the rocks

Question 6

6.

Abrasion

When rocks pile up on the glacier

When the glacier melts completely

When the glacier moves across bedrock making it smooth

When the glacier receives snow again

Question 7

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As glaciers move downhill to warmer temperatures

Melt glaciers

Form more snow

Question 8

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

till 

mud

powder

mesh

Question 9

9.

Glaciers can create

Lakes

Valley’s

Masses

Volcanoes

Question 10

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Glaciers are the largest

Sources of new land

Sources of freshwater on the planet

Sources of rain and precipitation.

Glaciers can be found in every continent except _________

Russia

North America

Asia

Canada

Africa

Europe

Australia

South America

subduction

gravity