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How do wind and glaciers compare and contrast when it comes to abrasion of rocks?
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Compare and contrast freezing rain and sleet?
Sleet falls to the ground already frozen. Freezing rain doesn't freeze until it comes in contact with grounds or power lines that are below 32 degrees.
Why is fall colder than spring?
Because of global warming, the glaciers are melting and the super cold water from these glaciers is flowing into the oceans and since the trade winds are right above the ocean, the trade winds will blow colder winds everywhere, thus making the earth colder.
What was the impact of the ice age on sea levels?
Today, ice covers Earth's North and South poles. These ice caps are called polar glaciers. During an ice age, the polar glaciers grow larger. At the height of an ice age, glaciers may cover as much as a third of the Earth. Canada, the northern United States, northern Europe, and northern Russia all get covered by ice. This ice can be more than a mile (1.6 kilometers) thick. Much of the world's water gets frozen to make these glaciers. This water comes from the oceans, and sea level drops as a result. Places that had been under water become dry land. Many plants and animals adapt to these changes. Those that do not adapt die out. During the last ice age, animals with warm shaggy coats flourished. For example, the woolly mammoth, a large elephant-like animal, roamed icy areas of Earth. The mammoths probably used their huge tusks to scrape away the snow in search of plants to eat. Their thick woolly coats protected them from the cold.
Which is evidence that an area was once covered by a glacier?
Evidence a region was (or just as importantly, was not) covered by glaciers usually comes in the form of such glacial features asmorainescirques"erratics" (rocks moved from one place to another)glacial tarnsmost especially wide, U-shaped valleys with stepped stream gradientsdeep coastal fjordsabsence of deep sediment and short distance to bedrockEven in very cold climates, these features are different from those found in central and northern Alaska, Siberia and Manchuria. We know that central and northern Alaska, eastern Siberia, most of Mongolia, and Manchuria were never covered by glaciers because of such features as V-shaped valleys, concave stream gradients and most importantly the deep sediment in their soils.The reason Siberia, Manchuria, central and northern Alaska, and also the Patagonian steppes, were not glaciated during the Quaternary is simply that they were too dry. Except for the Patagonian steppes, all these regions are even today cold enough for glaciers, but so little snow fell and falls that even with much reduced ablation glaciers cannot develop. (For instance, Barrow receives only 29 inches of snow whereas glaciated Nunavik receives over 100.)In hot regions, soils are so weathered it clear that glaciers could never have formed since the Carboniferous even if there is no deep sedimentation.
What is ground water?
A water bearing a subsurface layer within the earth is called an aquifer and is permeable is an aquiclude.water undergroundwater undergroundGround water includes all available water below the earth's surface in pore spaces, fractures and/or solution cavities (caves, caverns, etc). Basically, any water that is in the ground for a simpler definition. Most of our water lies below the earth's surace. About 60% of the worlds population depends upon ground water. 97% of water is salt water. 2.16 % of water comes from glaciers, .02% comes from rivers and lakes, and .61% comes from ground water.
Compare and contrast music and noise?
Noise can come from anywhere and randomly. Music comes from one place and in order
Why are glaciers like sand paper?
The glacier is ice, the sand paper effect comes when the ice picks up sand, stones and boulders, as it moves forward. It the abrasion from this debris that gouged out 'U' shaped valleys, and scratched marks on surface rocks.
What do people in Peru drink?
it comes mostly from the rivers supplyed by glaciers
Compare and contrast freezing rain and sleet?
Sleet falls to the ground already frozen. Freezing rain doesn't freeze until it comes in contact with grounds or power lines that are below 32 degrees.
How do you compare a breakdown cover?
You can compare a breakdown cover in a number of ways. For starters, you can compare the prices. Also, you can compare what comes with the breakdown.
What is the etymology of the word muliebrity?
Muliebrity comes from Latin muliebris, "womanly", in contrast to maidenhood.
What is more important - resolution or dynamic contrast ratio?
most of the cases the resolution is important when it comes to large screens contrast ratio matters!! i mean lik the very large plasma displays!!
What is a catchy compare and contrast title?
That depends on what you're comparing and contrasting!You're going about this backwards, I'm afraid. The title comes last, after you've finished your story or paper or book or poem. You must use what you wrote to find the right title.Here are some further instructions to help you out:Nonfiction TitlesFiction Titles
What is a polishing compound?
A polishing compound is a substance that removes by abrasion a small portion of paint, metal or other substance. Think of it as liquid sand paper, It comes in different abrasiveness levels, or cuts.
If the glaciers melt what would happen to the sea level over a long time?
As glaciers melt the sea level rises and cause the water to get deeper.Which comes t the theory global warming.If the theory is true the eventullay all land masses would become covered by water.
How does Ashley's Closet compare to Plato's Closet when it comes to quality?
they both blew each other
Christmas song with threats?
Santa Claus is coming to town, contrast upbeat and joy-for-all Here Comes Santa Claus.
