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10.2 Ice, Wind, and Wasting
Science of the Physical Creation
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Science
9th Grade
07/26/2010

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glacier
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a thick ice sheet that slowly moves under its own weight.

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continental glacier
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vast sheet of glacial ice that cover huge areas of relatively flat land.

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valley glaciers (alpine glaciers)
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small highland glaciers that flow slowly down valleys in mountainous regions.

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deep cracks or fissures in a glacier

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a huge bowl shaped depression in a valley where a glacier begins.

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a sharp steeple-shaped point point made by three or more cirques cut into a mountain peak.

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deep grooves and scratches in bedrock cause by large rocks dragged along by a glacier

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