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A mass of floating ice that has brocken from and ice sheet or ice cap called?
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A large floating mass of ice which detached from a glacier is an?
Iceberg or an ice sheet
What is a large mass of ice floating in the sea called?
You are probably thinking of an Iceberg, which can be a very large piece of floating ice.
What is the large land mass in found north pole?
The North Pole is nothing more than a thick sheet of floating sea ice, there is no land.
How does mass affect floating and sinking objects?
Mass affects the density of a object which therefore affects the floating and sinking of it
Which region has no mass under the ice the North Pole or the South Pole?
The North Pole has no land mass under the ice, as it is located in the Arctic Ocean and is covered entirely by sea ice. In contrast, the South Pole is located on the continent of Antarctica, which has a land mass covered by ice.
If a substance is floating does it have more or less mass?
mass of a substance is constant at any place in the universe.the reason for floating is its density is less than density of medium in which it is floating
What is true about the mass and volume of all floating objects?
The volume of liquid displaced has the same mass as the floating object.
How does the mass of a floating wood compare to the mass of water displaced?
equal
What are eewoonucks?
a large mass of floating ice
What is a floating mass of ice?
A floe (ice floe) is the term we often apply to a mass or small field of floating ice.
Are the north and south pole ice caps?
There are glaciers in the Arctic, but the North Pole itself is not glaciated. This is because, by their very definition, glaciers are regions of fresh water ice on land, and quite different to sea ice. The North Pole itself does not lie on any land mass, but on a floating ice sheet known as the Greenland or Arctic ice sheet - therefore, there can be no glaciers on the North Pole.
This floating chunk of ice is called?
Chunks do not really mean something very small like most people may think,it could be a large particle or huge mass. Floating chunks of ice from ice sheets or ice shelves (land ice) are called "ICEBERGS", while large areas of floating sea ice are called "ICE FLOES".
