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They are believed to be so big because there was a big freeze for a while and in that time the glaciers were formed and because of the climate they are in, they stayed that way! To find out more about the big freeze Google it, it's quite interesting and might make your understanding more clear! :)
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Which way do glaciers move?
Glaciers are big chucks of ice that are usually seen at the north and south pole. The glacier's move in the direction of the waters current.
Why does snow that forms glaciers change to ice?
The snow changes the ice because in order to create the large mass of ice the temperature must freeze the huge clump of snow into a large mass of ice, thus creating the glacier, and so forth the glaciers would then be considered the large mass of ice that was meant to be formed.
What a glaciers?
A glacier is a thick sheet of ice.
How is gravity and mass alike?
because with gravity has a couple types but one of them are water that turns to ice and so does glaciers.
Why does glaciers and polar ice caps have greatest amount of fresh water?
Cause Of Snow Marins And Glaciers
What are glaciers like?
Glaciers are big ice forms that form in really cold waters. They are like land except in ice form.
How are glaciers and erosion the same and different?
Well glaciers are big chunks of ice and glacial erosion is the erosion caused by glaciers
What do glaciers give us to drink?
glaciers are just lots of ice. when this ice melts it turns into H2O (water). so glaciers give us water to drink.
What are the different types of glaciers?
Ice Sheets Ice Shelves Ice Caps Ice Streams/Outlet Glaciers Icefields Mountain Glaciers Valley Glaciers Piedmont Glaciers Cirque Glaciers Hanging Glaciers Tidewater Glaciers
What are the similarities between icebergs and glaciers?
They are both big peices of ice found all over the world. Glaciers fall off of huge mountains made of ice. And Icebergs are huge pecies of ice that float all around the artic oceans.
How are glaciers made?
by water freezing into a block of ice called a glacier.
Which way do glaciers move?
Glaciers are big chucks of ice that are usually seen at the north and south pole. The glacier's move in the direction of the waters current.
What are the rivers of ice in antarctica called?
i think the rivers of ice in Antarctica are called glaciers.
Which formation was created by glaciers in the last ice age?
The Great Lakes were created by glaciers in the last ice age.
What type of glaciers are sometimes called icecaps?
A glacier and an ice cap are two different things so there are no glaciers called icecaps.
Where is most earth's freshwater located?
Rainfall is where it is from. Ice caps and glaciers is where most of it is found, followed by groundwater.
What is a glaciers made of?
Glaciers are made of ice that has been formed a long time ago.
