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1) What is a glacier?
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A frozen river
A large mass of ice often shaped like a river that flows very slowly, under the force of gravity
A thick layer of ice that covers more than 50,000 sq km. It completely covers the landscape including mountains and valleys
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2) Which of the following is one of the two main ways ice carries out erosion?
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Corrosion
Abrasion
Hydraulic action
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1) What is a glacier?
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2) Which of the following is one of the two main ways ice carries out erosion?
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3) What process has shattered the jagged rocks which are found in glaciated areas?
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4) What process is when ice freezes on to a rock, then when the ice moves again it pulls the rock with it.
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5) What is the name of the glacial landform which is a circular, armchair-shaped hollow cut into rock by ice during glaciation?
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6) What is the name of the glacial landform created when two corries form next to each other and leave a sharp ridge between them?
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7) What are truncated spurs?
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8) When does deposition mainly occur?
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9) What is the name for the deposition of material down the side of a glacier?
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10) When a glacier is moving slowly, it doesnât have very much energy and so it canât erode and transport material-it can only shape the clay underneath it, making smooth hills that look like eggs. What are these hills called?
