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Wind carrying sand grains deposits the sand when the wind
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Wind carrying sand grains deposits the sand when the wind slows down or hits an obstacle.

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Abrasion changes the desert surface by
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cutting and polishing exposed rock surface

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Describe two basic processes of glacial erosion
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The two processes are abrasion and plucking.

What processes lead to glacial erosion? Describe them.

The two main processes that lead to glacial erosion are plucking and abrasion. Plucking is the process by which a glacier picks off rocks as it blocks over the land. The rock fragments freeze to the bottom of the glacier, gouging and scratching the bedrock as the glacier advances in the process of abrasion.

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Most earthquakes are produced by the rapid release of which kind of energy stored in rock subjected to great forces
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Thermal energy

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What force causes most of the erosion in desert areas
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Running Water

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What are the three main types of glacial erosion
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The 3 main types of glacial erosion are plucking, abrasion and freeze thaw.

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Which of the following statement about the ice age is true
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During the ice ages, icy glaciers covered much of the continents.

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What cause the shape of star dunes
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chemical weathering..

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What type of sand dunes will likely form if the sand supply is limited the wind direction is constant and vegetation is sparse
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barchan dunes

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Which one of the following desert rivers travels over a long distance
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Nile river

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How did deflation affect the dust bowl in the 1930s
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Lowering the land.

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What are long sand ridges oriented nearly parallel to the prevailing wind called
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longitudinal dunes

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What are ridges that form on the sides of glacial valleys as a glacier melts
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lateral moraine

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If the steep face of a sand dune is on the southeast side of a dune then the prevailing wind in this area is from the
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Southeast

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During the recent ice age glaciers covered almost what percent of earths land
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During the recent ice age, glaciers covered almost 30 percent of earths land.

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The thick loess deposits in south Dakota Nebraska and Iowa come from-
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The thick loess deposits in South Dakota, Nebraska, and Iowa come from glacial sediments.

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The boundaries of history of eras are marked by great worldwide changes in
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The boundaries of history of eras are marked by great worldwide changes in continental coastline

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In the western states a dry creek is called an arroyo or
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a wash

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Wind carrying sand grains deposits the sand when the wind

Wind carrying sand grains deposits the sand when the wind slows down or hits an obstacle.

Abrasion changes the desert surface by

cutting and polishing exposed rock surface

Describe two basic processes of glacial erosion

The two processes are abrasion and plucking.

What processes lead to glacial erosion? Describe them.

The two main processes that lead to glacial erosion are plucking and abrasion. Plucking is the process by which a glacier picks off rocks as it blocks over the land. The rock fragments freeze to the bottom of the glacier, gouging and scratching the bedrock as the glacier advances in the process of abrasion.

Most earthquakes are produced by the rapid release of which kind of energy stored in rock subjected to great forces

Thermal energy

What force causes most of the erosion in desert areas

Running Water

What are the three main types of glacial erosion

The 3 main types of glacial erosion are plucking, abrasion and freeze thaw.

Which of the following statement about the ice age is true

During the ice ages, icy glaciers covered much of the continents.

What cause the shape of star dunes

chemical weathering..

What type of sand dunes will likely form if the sand supply is limited the wind direction is constant and vegetation is sparse

barchan dunes

Which one of the following desert rivers travels over a long distance

Nile river

How did deflation affect the dust bowl in the 1930s

Lowering the land.

What are long sand ridges oriented nearly parallel to the prevailing wind called

longitudinal dunes

What are ridges that form on the sides of glacial valleys as a glacier melts

lateral moraine

If the steep face of a sand dune is on the southeast side of a dune then the prevailing wind in this area is from the

Southeast

During the recent ice age glaciers covered almost what percent of earths land

During the recent ice age, glaciers covered almost 30 percent of earths land.

The thick loess deposits in south Dakota Nebraska and Iowa come from-

The thick loess deposits in South Dakota, Nebraska, and Iowa come from glacial sediments.

The boundaries of history of eras are marked by great worldwide changes in

The boundaries of history of eras are marked by great worldwide changes in continental coastline

In the western states a dry creek is called an arroyo or

a wash

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