Lesson 3 Flashcards
(10 cards)
1
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Rocks or gravel left by a glacier
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Debris
2
Q
A slow process that breaks rocks into smaller pieces
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Weathering
3
Q
The carrying away of the weathered pieces of rock
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Erosion
4
Q
Weathering that breaks down rock without changing the rock type
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Physical
5
Q
An unsorted mixture of debris dropped by a glacier
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Glacier till
6
Q
The bottom or end of a glacier
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Terminus
7
Q
Features that form where glacier till builds up
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Moraine
8
Q
As the weight of the overlying ice increases, the glacier begins to
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Flow
9
Q
Glaciers form in very cold places a thick as
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Sheets of ice
10
Q
Deposits left behind by a glacier are called
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Glacier till and glacier debris
