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What do glaciers leave behind as the retreat?
As glaciers retreat, they leave behind deposits of rocks.
Where is most water in glaciers?
The most water in glaciers is in Antarctica where the polar bears rest they also show water coming from the ocean to the rocks.
What is the process that the rocks dragged by glaciers produce grooves and scratches in bedrock is this the definition?
By the passing by of a glacier.
How can glaciers cause disposition?
When glaciers move as they grow, they grind the ground and rock underneath them. These pieces are pushed forward while they grow. When they final begin to melt, the water that is in the glaciers flows out from underneath them. This often carried sand and small bits of gravel. As they melted further and faster, larger gravel and stones wash out. Finally very large rocks and boulders are left behind. All of these are called deposition.
What are rocks that have a glassy texture called?
Obsidian
What are the scratch marks on rocks from moving glaciers called?
striations, striae
What do glaciers leave behind as the retreat?
As glaciers retreat, they leave behind deposits of rocks.
What is the line of rocks and debris formed when two glaciers merge called?
ice,water,and steam
How are glaciers involved in land formations?
Glaciers can carve out valleys and create u-shaped valleys through the process of glacial erosion. As glaciers move, they transport large amounts of sediment and rocks that accumulate at their edges, forming moraines. When glaciers retreat, they leave behind depressions that can fill with water, creating lakes.
How can glaciers erode rocks?
The glacier can carry rocks. The moving of the glacier.
Do glaciers melt rocks?
No. Rocks need to reach very high temperatures in order to melt. Glaciers, being made of ice, are cold. Glaciers do, however, grind rocks down into smaller pieces quite easily.
What are large rocks transported by?
Glaciers
How did glaciers affect the interior plains?
Glaciers carried rocks that are foreign to the area
What carries the largest rocks glaciers or rivers?
Glaciers can because of their frozen state.
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.
Do glaciers erode the base of mountains into basins called cirques?
Glaciers can carry both small particles and large boulders. The erosion caused by glaciers is caused by the rocks and debris carried along with the ice, NOT the ice itself.
How wind and glaciers abrade rocks?
By rapid
