Photo courtesy of Alaskagov Glaciers How Glaciers are Formed Glaciers are formed by snow pushing and squeezing together and forming ice The ice at the bottom melts half way to make slushy and cold like substance that mixes with soil dirt and rock debris ID: 1022156
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1. Lily Chiarcossi4s10/24/2017Photo courtesy of Alaska.gov Glaciers
2. How Glaciers are FormedGlaciers are formed by snow pushing and squeezing together and forming ice. The ice at the bottom melts half way to make slushy and cold like substance that mixes with soil, dirt, and rock debris.Photo courtesy of climatekids.nasa.gov
3. Where I could find GlaciersNorth Pole (Greenland)South Pole (Antarctica) Very tall mountains (Rocky Mountains) Photo courtesy of unsplash.com
4. How glaciers moveGlaciers move very slowly downhill as they slide on their putty-like substance because of their weight. Some glaciers move a few feet each year.Photo courtesy of wiki.kidzsearch.com
5. Glacier featuresNameDescriptionCrevasses Crevasses are giant cracks on the top of glaciers.HeadWhere the glacier starts.Fjord A fjord is a u-shaped plot of land between steep mountains created by glaciers.Photo courtesy of unsplash.com
6. How glaciers change the landGeological featuresHow they are createdHornA horn pointy mountain made by many glaciers sliding down the same mountain.DrumlinA drumlin is a long oval shape hill made by glacial ice.Arete An arete is formed by two glaciers that melt on deferent sides of the same mountain.Photo courtesy of wiki.kidzsearch.com
7. Three interesting facts about glaciersAll glaciers are mostly made of snow Many glaciers move only about two centimeters a year The largest glacier in the United States is the Bering glacier Photo courtesy of water.usgs.gov
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