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Glacial Processes and Landforms

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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). - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Glacial Processes and Landforms

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What is a glacier?

How do glaciers form?

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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 ___________.

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

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Deposition by Glaciers• Drift ____________________________________________________

•Till ________________________ _____________________________• Moraines __________________________________________________• Glacial erratics _______________ ____________________________________________________________

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Moraines

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Continental Glaciers or Ice Sheets

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Continental Glaciers or Ice Sheets

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Think about your ice cream glaciers. What part of your glacier model represented the following parts of an actual glacier:

Outwash

Moraine

Drift

Erratics