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Why do glaciers move very slowly yet they are able to carry large particales with ease?
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Glaciers carry large objects because of their huge mass. The pressure they exert is enough to carve huge lakes, so sliding a boulder is not a challenge.
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Which one of the following statement is accurate regarding glaciers and erosion striations caused by moving glaciers help determine the age of a rock?
The statement that is accurate is that glaciers can carry both small particles and large boulders. Glaciers can carry both small particles and large boulders.
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 are glaciers able to carry large particles with ease?
Yes. The larger rocks require more energy to move, so may be the first to be left behind by a melting glacier.
What are large rocks transported by?
Glaciers
How did large glaciers form thousands of years ago?
snow fell year-round over large areas of Asia, Europe, and Nourth America.....
Which term to large masses of slowly moving ice?
glaciers
Which term refers to large masses of slowly moving ice?
glaciers
Which one of the following statement is accurate regarding glaciers and erosion striations caused by moving glaciers help determine the age of a rock?
The statement that is accurate is that glaciers can carry both small particles and large boulders. Glaciers can carry both small particles and large boulders.
Are Alps the same thing as glaciers?
No. The Alps are a mountain range in Europe. Glaciers are large masses of ice that move slowly due to their weight. Glaciers are commonly found in mountain ranges such as the Alps/
Can ice carry sediment?
Yes. Glaciers carry large amounts of sediment. When that sediment is deposited it is called glacial till.
When large land masses move slowly over long periods of time it is referred to as continental?
glaciers
How are glaciers and rivers different from each other?
Glaciers are giant blocks of ice that move slowly, rivers are large volumes of water flowing in a definite course or channel.
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 are glaciers able to carry large particles with ease?
Yes. The larger rocks require more energy to move, so may be the first to be left behind by a melting glacier.
What are large rocks transported by?
Glaciers
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
What are large glaciers of drift called?
glasiosories
