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Relate the movement of continental glaciers to why they cover antarctica and most of Greenland?
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discribe abrasion and how it affects bedrock
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What happens when a glaciers rate of melting is greater than its rate of movement?
An ice front recedes when a glaciers rate of melting is greater than its rate of movement. It is the end of the glacier.
How are valleys formed by glaciers?
Valley Glaciers tend to for U-shaped valleys.
Antarctica covers which of the Earth's poles?
Alpine glaciers and their movement is common in mountainous areas. Antarctica, however, is covered with an ice sheet, and its glaciers often flow into the sea without the alpine glacier brown or grey colour associated with carving valleys or bowls common in other mountainous areas on earth. Ninety-eight percent of Antarctica is covered with this ice sheet, so most glaciers flow on top of more stable ice.
Which Earth sphere causes the downhill movement of soils and water by glaciers?
cryosphere
What type of landform was most likely created by the movement of glaciers?
do not know guys sorry
What creates a fjord?
A fjord is created by the movement of glaciers. They are narrow valleys that are filled with water and usually found in the extreme northern and southern hemispheres such as in Norway, Greenland and New Zealand.
Did glacier movement form the Great Lakes or the Atlantic Ocean?
The Great Lakers were ultimately formed by glaciers. The Atlantic Ocean was not. It was formed by continental rifting. Glaciers could not form a whole new ocean basin like that.
What forms cirques and U-shaped valleys?
The movement of glaciers through the process of abrasion.The movement of glaciers.
What happens when glacial erosion occurs?
U-shaped valleys are a result of alpine glacial movement. Bedrock is scoured and plucked by continental glaciers. A number of depositional features are a result of the movement and depositing of rock, sand and dust associated with glaciers.
How did the location of the glaciers affect the movement of people and animals?
The location of the glaciers affected the movement of people and animals by blocking them. They could not get to certain areas due to these glaciers.
What is the main cause for accelerated erosion?
movement of glaciers
What is despotional landform?
Many now-familiar glacial landforms were created by the movement of huge sheets of ice called continental glaciers during the Pleistocene Epoch (more commonly called the Ice Age.)
Why fossils support the theory of continental movement?
explain how fossils support the theory of continental movement
What happens when a glaciers rate of melting is greater than its rate of movement?
An ice front recedes when a glaciers rate of melting is greater than its rate of movement. It is the end of the glacier.
How did new Yorks finger lake form?
movement of glaciers
What were Scotland's lakes and rugged highlands created by?
the movement of glaciers
How are valleys formed by glaciers?
Valley Glaciers tend to for U-shaped valleys.
