Typically when a glacier recedes, the deposited material leaves behind
A) material of a wide range of sizes, until streams moving around the area begin to sort the material by size.
B) material of a wide range of sizes only after streams moving around the area begin to mix together the particles of different sizes.
C) primarily clay-sized material because material bigger than clay cannot be picked up by ice easily.
D) primarily sand-sized materials and larger because the ice tends to crush the finer materials into a powder.
A) material of a wide range of sizes, until streams moving around the area begin to sort the material by size.
You might also like to view...
When it comes to regulating CO2 in the U.S. in the near future, what is the most likely course of action that the government will follow?
A. do nothing B. carbon tax C. regulation of emissions D. subsidy shift to low-carbon sources
List the sources of oil into the ocean. What will be an ideal response?
A small, unconfined glacier is known as
A) a moraine. B) an ice cap. C) an ice sheet. D) a valley glacier.
The summer characteristics of a continental polar air mass is
A) mild and humid. B) cool and dry. C) warm and humid. D) warm and dry. E) very hot and dry.