What is the difference between ice caps and continental glaciers? What will be an ideal response?
Ice caps are smaller than continental glaciers, covering less than 50,000 km2. Continental glaciers
cover areas larger than 50,000 sq km. Some ice caps form when valley glaciers grow and coalesce.
They also form on fairly flat terrain, such as on Iceland.
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"Tornado Alley" seems to be centered on:
a. Vermont and New Hampshire. b. Wisconsin and Minnesota. c. Florida and Georgia. d. Kansas and Oklahoma.
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The lithosphere floats atop the
A) mantle. B) crust. C) asthenosphere. D) mohorovicic.
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Because land surfaces heat and cool more rapidly than water bodies, so land has a higher specific heat
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
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In what climate(s) is solifluction prevalent?
A) Topics B) Tundra and subarctic C) Arid D) Temperate and humid
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