Glaciers are made up of fallen snow that, over many years, compresses into large, thickened ice masses.
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Name the three processes that allow glaciers to form, move and shape landscape
Erosion
Transport and deposition
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Explain how erosion works in glaciers.
Plucks
Abrasion
Freeze-thaw weathering
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Explain how the glacier transports the eroded material.
As the glacier moves along it carries the eroded material-the material from the side is carried on top of the glacier. The rest is carried inside-frozen in base
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Explain how the glacier transports the eroded material.
As the glacier moves along it carries the eroded material-the material from the side is carried on top of the glacier. The rest is carried inside-frozen in base
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Explain how deposition in glaciers work.
Glacial till
Meltwater
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Name two continents where you can still find glaciers.
