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Glacial Processes and Landforms

Glacial Processes and Landforms. What is a glacier? How do glaciers form?. Erosion by Glaciers ___________and __________ determines amount of erosion. erodes slightly more effectively than water. plucking and abrasion polishing and striations (lines in the rocks surface).

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Glacial Processes and Landforms

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  1. Glacial Processes and Landforms

  2. What is a glacier? • How do glaciers form?

  3. Erosion by Glaciers • ___________and __________ determines amount of erosion. • erodes slightly more effectively than water. • plucking and abrasion • polishing and striations (lines in the rocks surface). • Continental glaciers removeall ___________, ____________, and _____________________. • Alpine glaciers change V-shaped valleys to ___________.

  4. Transportation by Glaciers • will move material of _____________ • _________________ transport. • Water _____, _______, and ___________glaciers moves much sediment as well.

  5. Deposition by Glaciers • Drift _______________________ • _____________________________ • Till ________________________ _____________________________ • Moraines ____________________ • ______________________________ • Glacial erratics _______________ ______________________________ • ______________________________

  6. Moraines

  7. Continental Glaciers or Ice Sheets

  8. Continental Glaciers or Ice Sheets

  9. Think about your ice cream glaciers. What part of your glacier model represented the following parts of an actual glacier: Outwash Moraine Drift Erratics

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