land ice

Question 1

ice cap

Answer 1

ice mass that covers less than 50,000km2 of land area.

Question 2

ice sheet

Answer 2

ice mass that covers more than 50,000 km2 of land area.

Question 3

glaciers

Answer 3

ice masses originating on land, undergoing movement to transport ice from area of accumulation to area of ablation.
a river of ice that flows under its own weight due to gravity

Question 4

alpine glaciers

Answer 4

land terminating glaciers in mountainous areas. influenced by atm temp and precipitation

Question 5

tidewater glaciers

Answer 5

marine terminating glaciers. Influenced by atm & oceanic temp and precip

Question 6

ice shelf

Answer 6

glaciers that have gone afloat. Too thin to touch the seafloor. Loss of ice shelves does not directly affect sea level but they are tightly coupled to inland ice. Ice shelf mass balance matters to sea level

Question 7

ice stream

Answer 7

carry ice from the interior of the continent to the outlet glaciers and ice shelves