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Forces of Erosion-Glaciers

Glaciers

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glaciersmass of snow and ice that moves, accumulates all year long
erraticrock moved from somewhere else by a glacier
erosionwearing away
ice agea period in the earth's history when the global temperature was much colder than now
10,000 years agowhen the last ice age was over
icebergfloating ice, 90 % is under water, 10% above
kettlea lake formed when a block of ice from a glacier melted
retreatmove back, in this case, when the earth's temperature warmed up and the glaciers melted "moving" north
advancedmove forward, in this case, when the glaciers accumulated further south as the temperature got colder
abrasionscrapes, in this case, made by rock carried by glaciers
geologystudy of the earth
gravitythe pull between two objects of mass; a force of erosion
mechanical weatheringphysically breaking down; example-the force of gravity
chemical weatheringbreaking down and making a new substance example: rust
eskera mound of till carried by a river at the bottom of a glacier
meanderthe curved shaped of the river


OTTER CLUSTER ~ 6th Grade Science
Thomas A. Blake Middle School

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