Describe how a glacier is like a bulldozer, an ice cream scoop, and a piece of sandpaper

What will be an ideal response?


Bulldozer: plucking and depositing sediments of all sizes. Ice cream scoop: carving out the side of a mountain such as the Matterhorn. Sandpaper: scraping rock and leaving striations as the rocky bottom of the glacier scours the surfaces it moves over.

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A. 2400 N. B. 600 N. C. 1600 N. D. 2000 N.

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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Material produced by mechanical weathering that accumulates at slope bases is called:

a. slopewash b. soil creep c. talus d. exfoliation

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____ order streams have no perennial tributaries

a. First-order b. Second c. Third d. Fourth

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