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The CryosphereThe Cryosphere
Ice WorldIce World
Water Level Does not Change If Water Level Does not Change If you melt ice in a glass of wateryou melt ice in a glass of water
Check it out! Ice floating on water Ice floating on water
cannot change water cannot change water levels.levels.
Ice on rock canIce on rock can
Snow and Ice…many formsSnow and Ice…many forms
SnowSnowSea IceSea Ice IcebergsIcebergs Ice shelvesIce shelves Ice SheetsIce SheetsGlaciersGlaciersPermafrostPermafrost
Sea IceSea Ice Ice Floating on the Ice Floating on the
sea/oceansea/ocean During summer it During summer it
melts, winter it melts, winter it reformsreforms
What the polar What the polar bears travel acrossbears travel across
Could it raise water Could it raise water levels?levels?
Sea IceSea Ice
IcebergsIcebergs
Parts of ice Parts of ice shelves that shelves that have broken have broken off and are off and are now floating in now floating in the seathe sea
90% 90% underwaterunderwater
IcebergsIcebergs
IcebergIceberg
GlacierGlacierSlow moving Slow moving
mass of ice mass of ice flowing down flowing down a a mountainsidemountainside
GlacierGlacier
GlacierGlacier
GlaciersGlaciers
Ice ShelvesIce Shelves
Attached to the end Attached to the end of glacier or ice of glacier or ice sheetsheet
Extends out over Extends out over water, though still water, though still attached to landattached to land
Larson B Larson B ice shelfice shelf
Ice ShelfIce Shelf
Ice SheetIce Sheet
Gigantic sheet of Gigantic sheet of glacier ice.glacier ice.
On landOn land
PermafrostPermafrost
Perpetually Perpetually frozen groundfrozen ground
Frost HeaveFrost HeaveFrost heaves cause expansion of the Frost heaves cause expansion of the
ground and can be seen on this highwayground and can be seen on this highway