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Are Hummocky Moraines caused by mountain glaciers or ice sheets?

A

Mountain Glaciers

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Is dissected glaciogenic material caused by mountain glaciers or ice sheets?

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Mountain glaciers

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Are bedrock megagrooves caused by mountain glaciers or ice sheets?

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Ice sheets

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4
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Are P forms caused by mountain glaciers or ice sheets?

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Ice sheets

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5
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Are Whalebacks caused by mountain glaciers or ice sheets?

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Ice sheets

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Are Roches Moutonnees caused by mountain glaciers or ice sheets?

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Ice sheets

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7
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What are the 3 types of ice sheet sub-glacial bedforms that vary based on ice speed?

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Ribbed Moraines, Drumlins, MSGLS

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What does MSGL stand for?

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Mega Scale Glacial Lineations

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Which is caused by faster ice speed, MSGLs or Ribbed Moraines?

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MSGLs

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10
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What causes solifluction?

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Frost/cold

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What causes blockfields? Frost, glaciers, or Ice sheets?

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Frost weathering

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12
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Is relic patterned ground caused by frost or wind?

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Frost

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13
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Are deflation surfaces caused by frost or wind?

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Wind

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14
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Are deflation scars caused by frost or wind?

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Both, needle ice action and strong wind

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15
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Match the forms to either mountain glaciers or ice sheets?
Hummocky moraines
Ribbed moraines
P forms
Dissected glaciogenic material
Bedrock megagrooves
Whalebacks
MSGLs
Drumlins
Roches Moutonnees

A

Mountain Glaciers: Hummocky moraines, Dissected glaciogenic material

Ice sheets: P forms, Whalebacks, Roches Moutonnees, Ribbed moraines, Drumlins, MSGLs, Bedrock megagrooves

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16
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What type of glacier is entirely at the pressure melting point?

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Temperate Glaciers

17
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What type of glacier is entirely below the pressure melting point?

A

Polar glacier

18
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What type of glacier has a mix of warm ice and cold ice?

A

Polythermal glaciers

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