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Glaciers 2 Word Scramble

 
 


 

 
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Term Definition
basal slipice at the base of a glacier melts due to pressure, causing the glacier to slide downhill
internal plastic flowglaciers flow slowly as grains of ice deform under pressure, sliding over each other
calvingthe breaking away of a mass of ice from an ice wall or iceberg
erosionprocess by which land is broken or worn away by wind, water, or ice
adhesionthe property of ice and snow which causes it to stick to other materials
pluckingwhen a glacier picks up loose pieces of rock
abrasionthe grinding or wearing away of rock
depositionwhen rocks and other sediment are left behind by a melting glacier