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When sea water freezes, the salt is left behind (this is called brine rejection), so ice floes and icebergs are generally composed of fresh water. There have been various schemes to tow icebergs to drought stricken countries, but no one has ever done it yet.
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What is another name for sea ice?
floes and floe ice
What season do ice floes start?
winter
What are sheets of ice that have moved out over the sea called?
Ice floes.
What are ice floes?
Ice floes are frozen masses of seawater (saltwater) that float on the surface of the sea. The term is applied to any relatively flat piece of sea ice that is free moving.
Use the word floes in a sentence?
These are pieces of ice, as in iceberg. Here are some sentences.The floes broke away from the iceberg and floated out to sea.Ice floes are good resting places for penguins and seals.The ice floe drifted into the path of a passing ship.
What gets bigger as it breaks?
The dawn, and the area covered by ice-floes.
What do penguins sleep on in the antarctica?
Penguins sleep on ice, either on Antarctica's beaches where they breed, or on ice floes in open water.
How do you unlock the super ball in Super stick golf?
easy, all you have to do is get a -10 on the ice flows course.
What rhymes with opposed?
Snows, goes, floes (as in ice floes), toes, shows, etc.
What is the homophone for floes?
The homophone for "floes" is "flows."
What is the difference between ice caps and ice floes?
An ice-cap stays in the same place - it may grow or shrink, but it stays essentially in the same place all the time. An ice-floe is mobile.
What cubes are they talking about on Astro Knights Island?
There are no cubes on Astro Knights island. There are ice floes on the Ice Planet, that you jump across to avoid the robot fish.
