0
Is it erosion when glaciers scrape rocks as the glacier moves across the earth's surface?
Wiki User
∙ 8y ago
Yes, because when rocks or ice that are natural rub against each other is called erosion
Wiki User
∙ 8y ago
crazyfanhouse
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
What are the similarities and differences in how wind and glaciers abrade rock?
Wind abrades rock by sandblasting, this is the process in which wind causes the blowing of millions of grains of sand, which bumps across the surface of rocks' surface. it can also happen due to deflation, which is when wind removes the top layer of fine sediment/soil to cause desert pavement (a cheaper way to form pavement☺).Glaciers, however, abrade rock by simply using Gravity. when enough ice builds up on a slope, the ice begins to move downhill. The steeper the slope, the faster the glacier. As glaciers move fowad, the material that they picked up scratch and abrade the rock and soil underneath the glacier, which causes erosion.
How do glaciers accumulate their load of sediment?
Glaciers accumulate sediment through various processes. As glaciers move, they pluck and erode rocks from the underlying bedrock, entraining them into the ice. Glaciers also grind and crush the rocks they come into contact with, generating glacial flour or fine-grained sediment. Additionally, glaciers can transport sediment that has been deposited on their surface by wind or landslides, adding to their load of sediment.
What does glaciers scraping rocks across the earth's surface mean?
hahahahahahhahahhahhhahaha
Large bodies of ice that move across earth's surface?
Large bodies of ice that move across the Earth's surface are glaciers.
Was Yosemite Valley formed by a glacier?
Glaciers sliding across the land caused the valleys and sheer cliffs of the Yosemite. The water that makes up the falls comes from either heavy rains or the melting of high altitude snow. Typically, the falls are gone or reduced to a trickle by summer's end when all the snow is melted and the area is sparse on rainfall.
How does glacier erosion occur?
Glaciers can cause erosion because they move, though they do so slowly. As they move, often only a few inches a year, they scrape away and can gouge out the land, and then leave behind morass, which can be made up of left behind bits of rock or whatever happened to be in the glacier.
How do glacier change the earth's surface?
When they slide or move across the land they pick up rocks and soil which changes the Ground beneath it.By glacial erosion which is when slowly over time large U shaped valleys are carved out; or by 'plucking' which is when rocks or boulders are literally plucked up from the surface and carried down the valley.Rocks frozen underneath glaciers carve the land when glaciers move
How do glaciers affect earths surface?
When they slide or move across the land they pick up rocks and soil which changes the Ground beneath it.By glacial erosion which is when slowly over time large U shaped valleys are carved out; or by 'plucking' which is when rocks or boulders are literally plucked up from the surface and carried down the valley.Rocks frozen underneath glaciers carve the land when glaciers move
How do glaciers accumulate their load of sediment?
Glaciers accumulate sediment through various processes. As glaciers move, they pluck and erode rocks from the underlying bedrock, entraining them into the ice. Glaciers also grind and crush the rocks they come into contact with, generating glacial flour or fine-grained sediment. Additionally, glaciers can transport sediment that has been deposited on their surface by wind or landslides, adding to their load of sediment.
What are the similarities and differences in how wind and glaciers abrade rock?
Wind abrades rock by sandblasting, this is the process in which wind causes the blowing of millions of grains of sand, which bumps across the surface of rocks' surface. it can also happen due to deflation, which is when wind removes the top layer of fine sediment/soil to cause desert pavement (a cheaper way to form pavement☺).Glaciers, however, abrade rock by simply using Gravity. when enough ice builds up on a slope, the ice begins to move downhill. The steeper the slope, the faster the glacier. As glaciers move fowad, the material that they picked up scratch and abrade the rock and soil underneath the glacier, which causes erosion.
What does glaciers scraping rocks across the earth's surface mean?
hahahahahahhahahhahhhahaha
Large bodies of ice that move across earth's surface?
Large bodies of ice that move across the Earth's surface are glaciers.
What two types of glaciers are giant sheets of ice that cover large areas of land?
Continental glaciers form in large flat areas. They spread across entire continents and make flattened landscapes. :)
Was Yosemite Valley formed by a glacier?
Glaciers sliding across the land caused the valleys and sheer cliffs of the Yosemite. The water that makes up the falls comes from either heavy rains or the melting of high altitude snow. Typically, the falls are gone or reduced to a trickle by summer's end when all the snow is melted and the area is sparse on rainfall.
What moves rock materials across the surface of the Earth?
erosion
How do glaciers erode the land under them?
The ice erodes the land surface and carries the broken rocks and soil debris far from their original places, resulting in some interesting glacail landforms. There are 2 main processes of erosion, plucking and abrasion. Plucking is where water melts under the glacier and carries rocks and other particles away. Abrasion is where rocks rub against surfaces changing the landform. For more info go to study.com/academy/lesson/glacial-erosion-definition-processes-features.html
What characteristics does a icicle have?
A glacier is commonly white and made of ice. It may appear dirty near its end due to debris that it is carrying or pushing. Glaciers can be massive in size stretching across continents or may be small sitting atop of mountains.
