Glaciers Flashcards
1
Q
Glaciers are rivers of:
A
Ice
2
Q
Any body of ice that flows downhill pulled by Earth’s gravity just like rivers in slow motion
A
Glacier
3
Q
Snow transforms to _____
A
Ice slowly
4
Q
All ice starts out as ____
A
Snow
5
Q
As it is buried, old snow compacts into ___
A
Firn
6
Q
Firn crystallizes to:
A
Solid Ice
7
Q
Glaciers end where ice:
A
Melts
8
Q
Where the snow piles up
A
Head
9
Q
At the head of the glacier, snow piles up =
A
Accumulation
10
Q
Plucks up and carries sediment of all sizes (mud —-> giant boulders)
A
Body
11
Q
At the TOE of a glacier ice melts and drops drops sediment =
A
Ablation
12
Q
Ice ALWAYS flows _____
A
Downhill
13
Q
A glacier grows longer as climate gets colder
A
Advance
14
Q
A glacier melts and shrinks as climate gets warmer
A
Retreat
15
Q
‘Baby’ glaciers just starting to flow, high up in the mountains
A
Cirque Glaciers
