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What is a glacier?
a) a slow-moving mass or river of ice formed by the accumulation and compaction of snow on mountains or near the poles
b) a person who studies glaciers
c) to break off
d) a deep, open crack often seen in glaciers
What means to break off?
a) crevasse
b) calve
c) serac
d) terminus
What is a crevasse?
a) the end point of a glacier
b) to break off
c) a ridge of ice on the surface of a glacier
d) a deep, open crack often seen in glaciers
What does terminus mean?
a) the end point of a glacier
b) a deep, open crack often seen in glaciers
c) a ridge of ice on the surface of a glacier
d) to break off
What does fjord mean?
a) a person who studies glaciers
b) a slow-moving mass or river of ice formed by the accumulation and compaction of snow on mountains or near the poles
c) a ridge of ice on the surface of a glacier
d) a long, narrow, deep inlet of the sea between high cliffs, typically formed by a flooded glaciated valley
What is a person who studies glaciers called?
a) glaciologist
b) serac
c) fjord
d) crevasse
_________ is the end point of a glacier.
a) serac
b) fjord
c) terminus
d) crevasse
_________ is a ridge of ice on the surface of a glacier.
a) fjord
b) serac
c) calve
d) terminus
What means to break off?
a) terminus
b) crevasse
c) calve
d) fjord
What means a long, narrow, deep inlet of the sea between high cliffs, typically formed by a flooded glaciated valley?
a) calve
b) terminus
c) crevasse
d) fjord
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