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A population of deer mice with light-colored fur lives in Sand Hills Nebraska. The ground in Sand Hills is light colored where glaciers have deposited sand on top of dark soil. Why?
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Mice with light-colored fur were selected for in the sandy environment.
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What is the slowest moving glacier?
Continental Glaciers
Calving occurs at places where?
glaciers meet the sea
Where does the icefish live?
The ice fish dig holes in glaciers in Antarctica and live there.
What events led to the diversification of mammals?
Earth's climate cooled, which caused ice ages. Thick glaciers formed. The level of the ocean fell by more than 100 meters. Then the climate began to warm. Continental glaciers melted. Mammals became common.
What are the huge masses of snow and ice that move?
Once snow and ice reach more than 30 to 40 meters gravity begins to pull the glacier downhill.I hope I helped you!!! =)
What is a body of rubble deposited by glaciers?
Moraine.
How is glacial drift related to glaciers reshaping landscapes?
the rock material and deposited by glaciers
What is an Eskers?
They are formed by streams that deposited minerals that flowed on top of glaciers, inside the cracks of glaciers, and in tunnels below glaciers
What is all the of the material carried and deposited by glaciers?
Glacial drift
What are the materials deposited by water wind and melting glaciers?
sediments
What is all the matierial carried by and deposited by glaciers?
Glacial Drift
What is The rock material deposited by glaciers as they melt and retreat?
They are known as moraines.
What is glacier drift?
glacial drift is the rock material carried and deposited by glaciers!
What are ridges deposited at the side edges of glaciers called?
Theses are known as lateral moraines.
Where can erratic boulders be found?
On land or seafloor, where they were deposited by glaciers, far from their original source.
Do glaciers sort the material they transport?
No. Material that is directly deposited by glaciers, called till, is completely unsorted. However, some of the processes around glaciers, particularly streams from meltwater, can sort material.
Which term describes the annual layers of sediment deposited in lakes and fjords by meltwater from glaciers?
An annually deposited sedimentary layer is called a varve. Originally the word referred only to those annual layers of sediment deposited in a lake by glaciers, but now the more general use is accepted. Another term used in the literature is "annually laminated."
