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Glacier Quiz: Rivers of Ice

By Rondilo
Glacier Quiz: Rivers of Ice

Five questions about ice that moves, breaks and leaves its mark on the land.

Questions
5
Length
About 3 min
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  1. What happens to snow buried deep inside a growing glacier?
  2. Why can compressed glacier ice look blue?
  3. What shape does a glacier tend to carve across a mountain valley?
  4. Why do long cracks open near the surface as a glacier moves over uneven ground?
  5. How could a glacier leave a boulder far from its original home?

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