Describe two components of glacial movement

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Glaciers move by either plastic flow, which is movement within the ice, or basal slip, which is movement of the entire ice mass along the base of the glacier.

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Globally, China and India alone account for nearly 90 percent of the world's woven cotton fabric production

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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What major universalizing religion originated in present-day India, and how did it diffuse from there?

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The hydrologic cycle refers to

A. the rising and falling of tides in a cyclical manner. B. the way water is used to generate electrical energy. C. water that is heated by magma and rises in hot springs. D. seawater that is drawn into mid-ocean ridges, heated, and rises to the surface. E. None of these.

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You are given an upper-level map that shows the position of two jet streams. You would be able to tell which is which, because the subtropical jet stream forms to the ____________________ of the polar-front jet

Fill in the blank with correct word.

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