Changes to earths_surface
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This document contains questions about glaciers, how they form and move, how scientists measure them, and their effects on the surrounding environment through weathering, erosion, and landscape formation. It asks the reader to name ways glaciers can be measured, explain how they cause weathering and erosion, identify areas shaped by past glaciers, and describe what occurs when glaciers melt, including providing examples.
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Changes to earths_surface
- 2. What is a glacier?
- 3. How do glaciers form?
- 4. Describe how glaciers move.
- 5. Scientists keep a careful eye on the movement of glaciers. Identify the ways the glaciers can be measured?
- 6. Explain how glaciers cause weathering.
- 7. Explain how glaciers cause erosion to occur.
- 8. Name at least 2 places that glaciers have helped to create.
- 9. Think about our jigsaw rotations, class discussions, notes, and what you read in the books. Describe and give examples of what occurs when a glacier melts.
- 10. Think about our jigsaw rotations, class discussions, notes, and what you read in the books. Describe and give examples of what occurs when a glacier melts.