What term describes open fissures in the brittle surface ice of a glacier?

What will be an ideal response?


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A) evaporation; cools B) condensation; cools C) evaporation; warms D) condensation; warms E) sublimation; cools

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________ analysis takes place when two or more layers of spatial data are superimposed or integrated

A) GPS B) Overlay C) Stochastic D) Remote sensing E) Cloud

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Which is not a chemical weathering process?

A. frost-shattering (-wedging) B. solution C. oxidation D. hydrolysis

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Someone standing at the edge of a cliff throws one ball straight up and another ball straight down at the same initial speed

Neglecting air resistance, the ball to hit the ground below the cliff with the greatest speed will be the one initially thrown A) upward. B) downward. C) They will both hit with the same speed.

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