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Glaciers consist of ice made of snow turned to ice. The ice in them erodes. The sun melts the layer on top. It erodes away. The weight of the ice makes the lower part melt. That slowly eats away at the glacier.
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How are glaciers and erosion the same and different?
Well glaciers are big chunks of ice and glacial erosion is the erosion caused by glaciers
How does glacier erosion affect the earth?
Glaciers have a high albedo: they reflect more of the Sun's light/heat back into space than bare soil. So their general effect would be cooling: the more glaciers, the larger the cooling effect.
What is glacier weathering?
Ice erosion is caused by glaciers that move very slowly with the help of gravity. When the glaciers move they scrape at the rock. This scraping plows, files, and carries the removed sediment elsewhere. The erosion caused when the glacier melts is considered water erosion.
What is process of wearing away or moving of soil and rock by water wind and ice?
surface erosion-the process by which the surface of the earth is worn away by the action of water, glaciers, winds, waves, etc.
5 erosion and deposition agents?
The agents of erosion are wind, water, ice, and gravity.
How are glaciers and erosion the same and different?
Well glaciers are big chunks of ice and glacial erosion is the erosion caused by glaciers
What are large ice sheets that cause erosion as they move?
Glaciers
What are the factors that causes erosion?
The agents of erosion are water, ice, wind, and gravity.
What effect do glaciers have on ice shelves?
the effect is
Where does ice erosion happen?
up your booty ////glaciers are a good example
Can ice cause weathering and erosion?
Ice, as glaciers during the ice-ages, scoured mountains and formed 'U' shaped valleys.
How does glacier erosion affect the earth?
Glaciers have a high albedo: they reflect more of the Sun's light/heat back into space than bare soil. So their general effect would be cooling: the more glaciers, the larger the cooling effect.
What are the effects of ice erosion on the environment?
Ice erosion changes the tectonic plates and effect a mountain's growth.
The three most common agents of erosion are .?
water, wind, and ice
Do glaciers erode the base of mountains into basins called cirques?
Glaciers can carry both small particles and large boulders. The erosion caused by glaciers is caused by the rocks and debris carried along with the ice, NOT the ice itself.
Which agent of erosion was primarily responsible for forming the long U-shaped valleys in the Finger Lakes region of New York State?
ICE in the form of glaciers.
What happens when glaciers go through erosion?
Glaciers do not go through erosion, they erode.
