Fresh and saltwater systems (Glaciers)

what are glaciers

• Deposits of rocks and gravel left behind.

• A glacier is a body of dense ice that is constantly moving under its own weight.

• Eroded mountains from repeat glaciation.

• forms when a very large amount of water washes across the landscape in a short amount of time, eroding a kind of canyon/valley.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Select the structures that glaciers make

• Kettle drums

• rolling lakes

• rolling hills

• Eskers

• Kettle lakes

Select the structures that glaciers makes

• Roraines

• Moraines

• Kettle lakes

• Drumlins

Rolling hills are...

• eroded mountains from repeat glaciation.

• Deposits of rocks and gravel left behind.

• form when parts of the glacier melt. This melt water flows in tunnels under the ice. The melting releases sand and gravel forming a winding river pattern.

• are small hills with a distinctive teardrop shape.

Moraines are ....

• Large chunks of ice left behind form into lakes.

• Deposits of rocks and gravel left behind.

• Eroded mountains from repeat glaciation.

• are small hills with a distinctive teardrop shape.

Eskers are...

• form when parts of the glacier melt. This meltwater flows in tunnels under the ice. The melting releases sand and gravel forming a winding river pattern.

• are small hills with a distinctive teardrop shape.

• Large chunks of ice left behind form into lakes.

• Deposits of rocks and gravel left behind.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Drumlins are.....

• forms when a very large amount of water washes across the landscape in a short amount of time, eroding a kind of canyon/valley.

• Large chunks of ice left behind form into lakes.

• are small hills with a distinctive teardrop shape.

• form when parts of the glacier melt. This meltwater flows in tunnels under the ice. The melting releases sand and gravel forming a winding river pattern.

Kettle lakes are...

• forms when a very large amount of water washes across the landscape in a short amount of time, eroding a kind of canyon/valley.

• Large chunks of ice left behind form into lakes.

• Kettle lakes are Deposits of rocks and gravel left behind.

• Eroded mountains from repeat glaciation.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

what is a coulee.....

• large chunks of ice left behind form into lakes.

• A glacier is a body of dense ice that is constantly moving under its own weight.

• Eroded mountains from repeat glaciation.

• forms when a very large amount of water washes across the landscape in a short amount of time, eroding a kind of canyon/valley.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4