Compare and contrast the ice cap and tundra climates

What will be an ideal response?


Answer: Ice cap climates are colder with no month averaging above freezing. Thus, ice cap climates have no major vegetation. Ice cap climates are drier than tundra climates because its colder air cannot contain as much water as its warmer counterpart.

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A) rapids; channel bed potholes B) V-shaped valley cross-sections C) natural levees; broad floodplains D) waterfalls; entrenched meanders

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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