glaciation Flashcards
1
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plucking
A
moving glaciers melt and freeze around rocks, plucking then from the earth as they pass
2
Q
abrasion
A
the plucked rock fragments stuck in the glacier act like sandpaper as the ice moves along
3
Q
arete
A
erosion
4
Q
cirque
A
erosion
5
Q
drumlins
A
deposition
6
Q
erratic
A
deposition
7
Q
eskers
A
fluvioglacial deposition
8
Q
fiord
A
erosion
9
Q
hanging valleys
A
erosion
10
Q
kame and kettle
A
depositon
11
Q
outwash plains
A
fluvioglacial deposition
12
Q
pyramidal peak
A
erosion
13
Q
ribbon lakes
A
erosion
14
Q
u shaped valley
A
erosion
15
Q
truncated spurs
A
erosion
16
Q
moraine
A
deposition
17
Q
how glaciers move
A
internal deformation of the ice, and by sliding over the rocks and sediments at the base
18
Q
fluvioglacial depositioon
A
landforms made by ,meltwater flowing under and out of glaciers