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The rocks and pebbles embedded in the ice. When these rocks and pebbles are on the bottom surface of the glacier they are dragged over the surface of the ground, cutting into it (whether it is soil or hard bedrock) cutting grooves in and polishing that surface. Much like the grit glued to sandpaper does to a surface it is rubbed against.
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As glaciers move the rocks and boulders frozen in them work like?
sandpaper
Do glaciers move fast or slow or not at all?
actually glaciers move quite rapidly, they might not look like they are moving at all but in fact for their giant size they can move very quickly.
How is erosion by glaciers an example of water shaping the landscape?
Glaciers are an example of water shaping because it's like when water is in a dip. When it's a dip or in the mountains big dip it in there then when it gets cold it freezes. When it freezes it makes a landscape. When you are thinking about glaciers though, glaciers are by snow. When snow falls into a v shaped valley and freezes from the coldness it creates a landscape. When the glacier is gone it makes a u shaped valley.
What are glaciers like?
Glaciers are big ice forms that form in really cold waters. They are like land except in ice form.
What is one main difference between continental glaciers and valley glaciers?
Valley glaciers travel down between the mountain ridges; these glaciers carry rock debris with them as they move. Continental glaciers are giant ice masses that cover hundreds of miles. They flow out onto the sea, where they form floating ice shelves. Continental glaciers smooth the landscape by scraping and eroding features that existed before the ice appeared. Alpine glaciers carve out rugged features in the mountain rocks through which they flow and are also are very different in elevation.
As glaciers move the rocks and boulders frozen in them work like?
sandpaper
How rough is a giant pandas foot?
like sandpaper
What is Glacial Abrasion?
Glaciers knock off and drag very hard boulders and gravels on their path to melting. The contact points between the entrapped rocks and the surrounding bedrock act like a giant piece of sandpaper, either scratching grooves in, or smoothing the abraded surface.
How does sandpaper work?
like french toust smajed
What are striations how are they formed?
As glaciers move over Earth's surface, the ice acts like sandpaper. The scratch marks that are visible when the ice melts are called striations.
Do glaciers move fast or slow or not at all?
actually glaciers move quite rapidly, they might not look like they are moving at all but in fact for their giant size they can move very quickly.
How do glaciers cause erosion.?
when glaciers form gravity starts pulling them and they slide over the ground and it pulls up the earth.
What is in water and wind that acts like sandpaper?
Water and wind contain small particles of dirt and debris that can make them feel like sandpaper.
How is erosion by glaciers an example of water shaping the landscape?
Glaciers are an example of water shaping because it's like when water is in a dip. When it's a dip or in the mountains big dip it in there then when it gets cold it freezes. When it freezes it makes a landscape. When you are thinking about glaciers though, glaciers are by snow. When snow falls into a v shaped valley and freezes from the coldness it creates a landscape. When the glacier is gone it makes a u shaped valley.
What does abrasive feels?
Rough, like sandpaper
Does a liger's tongue feel like sandpaper?
like a lion or a tiger a LIGER'S tongue does feel like sandpaper. I mean i dont really know but people that breed them say they do.
What information contained on the Internet makes it very much like a giant version of?
library
