Glacier Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

The mass of ice that flows under its own weight and forms when snowfall exceeds snow melt over long periods of time. Occupies ~11% of Earth's land area today. - Glacier 1. Powerful agent of geomorphic change. 2. Source of freshwater - ~77% of all freshwater are locked in glaciers. 3. Release nutrients locked up in rocks. 4. Contributes to change in sea level. - Environmental significance of glaciers Related to water volume and ice volume. - Eustatic sea-level Related to land 'posit...

Geology Final Exam Questions And Answers Which of the following is accurate about Louis Agassiz? A. He offered ideas that explain the timing of ice-age events but not the severity of temperature change associated with ice ages. B. He stated that there are changes in the amount and distribution of insolation received on the Earth. C. He stated that there are cyclical changes in the Earth's orbit and axial tilt. D. He stated that the presence of erratics in Europe was due to large continen...

GEOG 1111 FINAL EXAM Questions With 100% Correct Answers permafrost - answerforms when soil or rock temperatures remain below 32 degrees for at least 2 years glacier - answerlarge mass of perennial ice resting on land or floating shelflike in sea formed from accumulation and recrystillazation of snow snowline - answerwhere the lowest elevation where snow remains year arounf alpine glacier - answerglacier in a mountain range cirque - answerscooped-out, amphitheater-shaped basin at the hea...

What are some of the things that affect where plants will grow? Correct Answer geology, climate. soils. past history. pests and disease, human intervention How long ago was Maine covered in an glacier? Correct Answer 21,000 years ago What is a glacial U-shapedvalley and how does it development differ from a V shaped valley? Correct Answer it has a flap bottom and has characteristics of glacier erosion. V- shaped is from river erosion What is an esker, and a kettle pond? Correct Answe...

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Test bank for Ecology: The Economy of Nature 9e 9th Edition by Rick Relyea. ISBN-13: 5542 Full Chapters test bank included Chapter 1 An Introduction to Ecology 1.1 Ecological Systems Exist in A Hierarchy of Organization Individuals Populations Communities Ecosystems The Landscape The Biosphere 1.2 Physical and Biological Principles Govern Ecological Systems Conservation of Matter and Energy Dynamic Steady States Evolution 1.3 Different Organisms Play Diverse Roles in Ecological...

In what year was the Clean Water and Air Act created? - Answer-1948 Which of the following is known to cause primary succession? 1.Floods 2.Tornadoes 3.Acid rain 4.Glacier movement - Answer-Glacier movement What is respiration? - Answer-intake of oxygen to convert glucose to energy According to the presentation, ecosystem management was broadened by the establishment of which of the following in 1978? - Answer-Conservation Biology Which of the following does NOT conduct nitrogen ...

GEOG 1111 FINAL EXAM Questions With 100% Correct Answers permafrost - answerforms when soil or rock temperatures remain below 32 degrees for at least 2 years glacier - answerlarge mass of perennial ice resting on land or floating shelflike in sea formed from accumulation and recrystillazation of snow snowline - answerwhere the lowest elevation where snow remains year arounf alpine glacier - answerglacier in a mountain range cirque - answerscooped-out, amphitheater-shaped basin at the hea...

GEOG 1111 FINAL EXAM Questions With 100% Correct Answers permafrost - answerforms when soil or rock temperatures remain below 32 degrees for at least 2 years glacier - answerlarge mass of perennial ice resting on land or floating shelflike in sea formed from accumulation and recrystillazation of snow snowline - answerwhere the lowest elevation where snow remains year arounf alpine glacier - answerglacier in a mountain range cirque - answerscooped-out, amphitheater-shaped basin at the hea...

Geology Exam 3 GE2000 Questions with Answers continental glaciation - Answer-exists where large part of a continent is covered by glacial ice valley glacier - Answer-confined to a valley and flows from a higher to a lower elevation ice sheet - Answer-a mass of ice that is not restricted to a valley but covers a large area of land Formation of Glaciers - Answer-Glaciers develop as snow, is compacted to granular snow and recrystallized, first into firn snow and then glacial ice (fine-gr...