Share Glaciers Year 7
Save to Folder
What is ice age?
A time when the average temperature of earth was low and glaciers spread
What is an ice shelf?
A sheet of ice that is attached to land but floats on the ocean
What is a glacier?
A river of ice
What is a tundra?
A cold region where the ground is deeply frozen, only thawing in summer
Giant glaciers that cover huge area are called...
Ice sheets
Bits of ice shelfs that break off are called
Icebergs
What two places have 99% of earths ice?
Greenland and Antarctica
What does it mean to transport material?
Carry it away
Deposition is to...
drop material
Erosion is....
wearing away of something
Thin lakes in U shaped valley are called...
Ribbon lakes
A stray rock or a rock by itself is called ....
an erratic
Why do glaciers matter? Give a reason.
bring tourists, support life
