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When a glacier scrapes along the ground, it plucks rocks out of the ground underneath them, then carries on advancing until it melts and then deposits those rocks even thousands of km from where they were picked up, giving rise to the term alien/erratic rocks (a rock which has been moved from its origin by natural processes and deposited in an area which it doesn't 'belong' geologically).
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What is a synonym for plucking?
Picking
What are some adjectives for describing a glacier?
words that describe glacier
Is 'glacier' a noun?
Yes, glacier is a noun. "Glacial" is the adjective form.
Is st johns glacier a proper noun?
Yes it is. It is the name of one specific glacier.
What are the nouns in the sentence Pressure from the weight of the glacier causes it to move?
There are three nouns. They are pressure, weight, and glacier.
What is the process called when a glacier meltsrefreezes and then picks up rocks?
It is proven that this is called glacier plucking or just plucking.
Abrasion and plucking involves what part of glacier?
The base of the glacier, where it is in contact with the rocks beneath it.
What is the loosening and lifting of blocks of rock by glacier?
Plucking
What type of glacier weathers rocks by plucking?
Valleyglaciers:)
The process in which a glacier loosens and picks up rock as it moves is called?
Plucking is the process in which a glacier freezes around cracked and broken rock and when it moves downhill, the rock is plucked from the back wall of the glacier.
What are two processes by which glacier erode the land?
Plucking and Abrasion.
Will plucking occur if a glacier is NOT advancing?
Yes, because glacial ice is still moving inside the glacier even if the glacier's front is not advancing.
What is the process called when glacier pick up rocks?
Glacial plucking.
What process is it when Rock fragments freeze to the bottom of a glacier and are then carried away when the glacier moves?
The process in which rock fragments freeze to the bottom of a glacier and are then carried away when the glacier moves is called plucking. After the last ice age, stranded ice blocks left behind by the continental glacier melted and formed kettles.
Abrasion and plucking generally involve what part of a glacier?
The basal sliding zone
Does plucking make a glacier smaller or larger?
i guess it makes the glacier bigger because it's picking up surface materials?
What is abrasion and plucking?
Plucking is when melt water from a glacier freezes around lumps of cracked and broken rock. When the ice moves downhill, rock is plucked from the back wall. Abrasion is when rock frozen to the base and the back of the glacier scrapes the bed rock.
