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Which term refers to large masses of slowly moving ice?
glaciers
What are huge ice blankets called?
Huge ice blankets are called ice sheets. These are large expanses of glacial ice covering more than 50,000 square kilometers of land. The two largest ice sheets on Earth are the Antarctic Ice Sheet and the Greenland Ice Sheet.
What are thick masses of ice that erode rock and move sediment called?
These are glaciers.
What happens during isostatic rebound?
Post-glacial rebound (sometimes called continental rebound, glacial isostasy, glacial isostatic adjustment) is the rise of land masses that were depressed by the huge weight of ice sheets during the last glacial period, through a process known as isostasy.
What is the difference between an ice burg and glacier?
a glacier is huge ice mountain in the arctic ocean.An iceberg is a chunk of ice that falls off the glacier into the ocean.
What is cold regions snow can accumulate over many years to form huge masses of ice is called?
glacier
What is''a huge sheet of moving ice''?
A glacier
What is it called when a huge mass of frozen water moves slowly?
That is called a glacier. Glaciers are large masses of ice and snow that move slowly downhill due to the force of gravity.
What is a large landmass that rises above an ocean?
Continents are large land masses that rise above an ocean. During Post-glacial rebound, these land masses rose after being depressed by huge ice sheets during the last glacial period. As the weight of the ice was gradually removed from the land, the land was slowly lifted and resurfaced.
Which type of erosion is causing by moving masses of ice?
The type of erosion that is caused by moving masses of ice is called glacial erosion.
Ice sheet are enormous masses of ice that?
flow in all directions
What are ice sheet?
They are enormous masses of ice that flow in all directions.
What are air masses of tiny water droplets or ice crystals?
Clouds are air masses filled with tiny water droplets or ice crystals.
What are masses of ice called?
They are known as icebergs.
What is the idiocy of the masses?
The idiocy of the masses refers to the stupidity of a huge group of people. Voltaire is famous for the saying in his works.
What are icebergs composed of?
Icebergs are masses of ice broken off from ice sheets.
What are the huge masses of snow and ice that move?
Glaciers are huge masses of snow and ice that move slowly over land due to gravity. They are formed from the accumulation, compaction, and recrystallization of snow over many years. Glaciers play a crucial role in shaping the Earth's landscape by eroding rocks and carving out valleys.
