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What is the moraine that piles up beside the glacier called?
lateral moraine
Abrasion and plucking involves what part of glacier?
The base of the glacier, where it is in contact with the rocks beneath it.
What is A large boulder that is left behind by a glacier and deposited among rocks of a different type is called?
The rock is called a glacial erratic when it is left behind by a glacier, and is of a completely different material composition than the rocks on which it was deposited.
What can happen when the glacier melts in a cirque?
the glacier dropped small rocks as it melted. An erratic is a large boulder left behind after a glacier has melted
What can happen when a glacier melts in a cirque?
the glacier dropped small rocks as it melted. An erratic is a large boulder left behind after a glacier has melted
What is a moraine the piles up beside the glacier called?
lateral moraine
What is a moraine that piles up beside a glacier called?
lateral moraine
What is the moraine that piles up beside the glacier called?
lateral moraine
How can glaciers erode rocks?
The glacier can carry rocks. The moving of the glacier.
What is a moraine that piles up beside a glacier?
The best known is cape cod in Massachusetts.
What is a moraine that piles up beside the glacier?
The best known is cape cod in Massachusetts.
Abrasion and plucking involves what part of glacier?
The base of the glacier, where it is in contact with the rocks beneath it.
What is A large boulder that is left behind by a glacier and deposited among rocks of a different type is called?
The rock is called a glacial erratic when it is left behind by a glacier, and is of a completely different material composition than the rocks on which it was deposited.
What is a moving river of ice that carries rocks and wearys away the land called?
Glacier
What can happen when the glacier melts in a cirque?
the glacier dropped small rocks as it melted. An erratic is a large boulder left behind after a glacier has melted
What happens when a glacier melts in a cirque?
the glacier dropped small rocks as it melted. An erratic is a large boulder left behind after a glacier has melted
What happens when the glacier melts in a cirque?
the glacier dropped small rocks as it melted. An erratic is a large boulder left behind after a glacier has melted
