What is a glacier?
How do glaciers form?
Erosion by Glaciers•_____________and ____________ determines amount of erosion.• erodes slightly more effectively than water.• by plucking and abrasion• polishing and striations (lines in the rocks surface).• Continental glaciers remove
all ___________, ____________,
and _____________________.• Alpine glaciers change V-shaped valleys to __________________.
Transportation by Glaciers• will move material of _____________• _________________ transport.• Water ________, ___________, and ___________glaciers moves much sediment as well.
Deposition by Glaciers• Drift ____________________________________________________
•Till ________________________ _____________________________• Moraines __________________________________________________• Glacial erratics _______________ ____________________________________________________________
In your notebook, think about your ice cream glaciers. What part of a glacier model represented the following parts of an actual glacier? Explain or draw a landscape example below:
Outwash-
Moraines
End-
Lateral-
Till-
Outwash-