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simple . . it's because the glacier melted . . .
The snow actually forms a glacier through a long process...a metamorphosis of sorts. Snow (which is an ice crystal) falls in an area that stays cold enough year round that snow doesn't totally melt in the summer. There has to be a large accumulation of snow and it must be in a place that isn't prone to avalanches or severe enough wind to blow the snow away. Or (as in the poles, the snow that falls stays because it stays cold enough that the snow doesn't melt all year.)
Over a period of time, new layers of snow pile on top of previous snows, some parts melt so the layers pack more and more tightly. The transformation becomes known as firn. Eventually the firn transforms into a solid bluish mass filled with air bubbles. It can take a few decades or much longer.
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Why is ice in a glacier considered to be a mineral but but what forms a glacier is not?
Ice forms a glacier and therefore it is considered a mineral.
Glacier formed long smooth hills?
What kind of glacier forms when ice and snow build up in a mountain valley
What is a large mass of snow and ice that moves slowly over land?
Any large mass of ice that moves slowly over ice is called a glacier.
What forms glacial ice?
Snow falls in the mountains, and gradually compresses into ice (and preserves some of the old air in the process!). This ice then travels downvalley under gravity, and this part is the glacier.
Which part of a glacier melts during the summer?
Snow and ice
Why does the snow the forms a glacier 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.
Why does the snow that forms a glacier that 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.
Why does the snow that forms glacier 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 forms when ice and snow build up in a mountain valley?
valley glacier
What is glacier ice?
A glacier is something that forms when snow falls in a place where it never has the time to melt. Eventually it builds up thick enough to turn into a thick slab of ice, and that's a glacier. Cut a piece of it, and that's glacier ice.
Why is ice in a glacier considered to be a mineral but but what forms a glacier is not?
Ice forms a glacier and therefore it is considered a mineral.
What is a thick ice mass that forms over the land from the accumulation compaction and recrystallization of snow is a?
Glacier.
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.
Glacier formed long smooth hills?
What kind of glacier forms when ice and snow build up in a mountain valley
What is the difference between an ice berg and a glacier?
an ice berg is a chunk off off a glacier and a glacier is a big ice patch caused by snow
What is a large mass of snow and ice that moves slowly over land?
Any large mass of ice that moves slowly over ice is called a glacier.
What do you call fresh snow on a glacier?
ice
