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When glaciers move over land dragging soil with them what is this known as?
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Huge sheets of ice that move slowly over land while picking up and carrying rocks and soil with them are?
glaciers ::)
Are continental glaciers found high in mountain valleys?
No. Valley glaciers are found in high mountain valleys. Continental glaciers, also called ice sheets, move across vast expanses of land regardless of terrain.
What weathering material leaves ridges of broken rock and soil?
Glaciers pick up rocks and soil as they move across land. When the glaciers melt, they deposit the rocks and soil. Today there are ridges of rocks and soil where glaciers once were.
How do glaciers flow?
glaciers move slowly but when theres alot of rain the water and the glaciers move faster
What are heaps of earth moved by glaciers?
They are called moraines. Glaciers gather earth as they move south and deposit it as they move northward.
How did glaciers help form land?
As the glaciers move over the land they help smash the land and also add silt and dirt to the ground.
What is are huge sheets of ice that move and shape the land?
glaciers.
Huge sheets of ice that move slowly over land while picking up and carrying rocks and soil with them are?
glaciers ::)
Do glaciers move quickly slowly or not at all?
Glaciers move slowly.
What are 3 ways a glacier can change the shape of land?
Glaciers can pick up and drop boulders Glaciers dig furrows in the ground where they have passed Glaciers are able to move mountains out of their way
What are two ways in which glaciers erode Earth's surface?
When glaciers form they scrape earth's surface as they advance. Also when glaciers melt it deposits the sediment it eroded from the land creating various land forms.
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
When large land masses move slowly over long periods of time it is referred to as continental?
glaciers
Do glaciers move fast or slow downhill?
Glaciers move very slowly.
Are continental glaciers found high in mountain valleys?
No. Valley glaciers are found in high mountain valleys. Continental glaciers, also called ice sheets, move across vast expanses of land regardless of terrain.
What weathering material leaves ridges of broken rock and soil?
Glaciers pick up rocks and soil as they move across land. When the glaciers melt, they deposit the rocks and soil. Today there are ridges of rocks and soil where glaciers once were.
How do glaciers flow?
glaciers move slowly but when theres alot of rain the water and the glaciers move faster
