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An ice age is when the whole world or large mass of land is covered with a sheet of ice, where as a glacier is a large sheet of ice over a smaller piece of land not causing global problems.
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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.
What do layers of debris from ancient glaciers in Southern Africa and South America indicate to geologist?
evidence of glaciation in the Southern Hemisphere - during the ice ages
What are the similarities between earth and mercury?
iron core ice caps solid surface :)
Is there glaciers on Mont Blanc?
there is the 'Mer de Glace' (the 'sea of ice')
What was the most dominant era for the Canadian Shield?
It was welded together between 1.9 and 1.8 billion years ago in the Trans-Hudson orogeny during the Paleoproterozoic. The final structure of the North American craton has persisted now for at least 600 million years. Most of the overlying buildup of loose rock and soil was later removed by glaciers during successive ice ages.
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 have glaciers or ice ages changed the land?
They created the Great Lakes
What cause do ice ages make?
Sometimes continental drifts cause ice ages. Most of the time they are caused when ice glaciers cover parts of the Earth.
Did continental or valley glaciers cover the earth during ice ages?
Yes it did :-)
What are the similarities between glaciers and geysers?
Glaciers are rivers of ice that flow downhill from mountains. Geysers are superheated water that erupts from the ground. There is no similarity, except they are both natural features of certain landscapes
How did the Ohio River change course?
Glaciers from the last ice age changed the course of this river and many others. Luckily we are currently in between ice ages by thousands of years.
Which of the following statement about the ice age is true?
During the ice ages, icy glaciers covered much of the continents.
Can ice cause weathering and erosion?
Ice, as glaciers during the ice-ages, scoured mountains and formed 'U' shaped valleys.
What is the time period in which glaciers covered most of the earth?
There have been various periods when most of the earth was covered in glaciers, they are called Ice Ages, and the most recent ended about 10,000 years ago.the ice age
What is the difference between glaciers ice sheets and ice fields?
valley glaciers are constrained by their surroundings. And ice sheets dont Ice sheets are large
Is it true or false that during ice ages the planet supports more glaciers and deserts than forests?
True.
How are glaciers different from alpine glaciers?
They difference between them is where there flow. Continental glaciers are enormous ice sheets, and are found in Greenland and Antarctica. Alpine glaciers form in mountain valleys.
