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Why do glaciers grow slowly in Antarctica?
With so little precipitation, it is difficult for glaciers to grow more quickly. What this also means is that the existing glaciers are millions of years old.
What are two kinds of glaciers and how are they different?
The two different glaciers are valley and continental glaciers and they are different because continental glaciers are the largest, and valley glaciers are on the top of mountain peaks.
What planet has glaciers?
Earth has Glaciers
What are the different types of glaciers?
Ice Sheets Ice Shelves Ice Caps Ice Streams/Outlet Glaciers Icefields Mountain Glaciers Valley Glaciers Piedmont Glaciers Cirque Glaciers Hanging Glaciers Tidewater Glaciers
Why are glaciers slow?
glaciers are very big
Why do glaciers grow slowly in Antarctica?
With so little precipitation, it is difficult for glaciers to grow more quickly. What this also means is that the existing glaciers are millions of years old.
How do glaciers weather valleys?
they melt and put water in the valleys and they grow
Which does NOT cause rapid changes to the Earth's surface?
3rd grade science question. What does not cause rapid changes to earth surfaces
Did human have to wait for glaciers to spread before they could grow crops?
No. There were no humans when it was the time of glaciers and it will be thousands of years before man learns to farm.
Why do glaciers grow slow in antarctica?
Antarctica is a desert with about five percent humidity. This means that very low amounts of moisture are available to be frozen into glaciers.
What is a large mass of ice called?
Ice caps or ice fields are glaciers on land. They grow above the snow line.
Did humans have to wait for glaciers to spread before they could grow crops?
no because they are made of water and they should not be in the way
Would cold winters or cool summers cause glaciers to grow?
Yes, because the gather of snow fall.
How can glaciers cause disposition?
When glaciers move as they grow, they grind the ground and rock underneath them. These pieces are pushed forward while they grow. When they final begin to melt, the water that is in the glaciers flows out from underneath them. This often carried sand and small bits of gravel. As they melted further and faster, larger gravel and stones wash out. Finally very large rocks and boulders are left behind. All of these are called deposition.
Why do sea levels fall as glaciers grow larger?
The amount of water on the planet stays the same. If huge amounts of this water is frozen on land, in glaciers, then it means that there is less water in the oceans, and sea levels are lower.
Glaciers form and grow when the snowfall from one season does not melt and is later covered and compressed into ice by the snowfall what seasons?
This is true
What the 2 most common kinds of glaciers?
There are 2 main types of glaciers, Continental is one, they float away from central regions. The second is alpine or valley which are the glaciers that flow down the valley from the mountain.
