Glaciation Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

permafrost - Answer-forms when soil or rock temperatures remain below 32 degrees for at least 2 years glacier - Answer-large mass of perennial ice resting on land or floating shelflike in sea formed from accumulation and recrystillazation of snow snowline - Answer-where the lowest elevation where snow remains year arounf alpine glacier - Answer-glacier in a mountain range cirque - Answer-scooped-out, amphitheater-shaped basin at the head of an alpine glacier valley; an erosional landform ...

SCI 225 EXAM 2How can we know climate of the past? - correct answer ice cores and sedimentary rocks Louis Agazzis - correct answer created glaciation hypothesis after studying glacial erratics and striations Glacial erratics - correct answer enormous boulders transported and deposited by glaciers glaciation hypothesis - correct answer over time climate can change and during cold periods glaciers move down and during warm periods they retreat HMS challenger - correct answer a ship tha...

GEOG 1111 FINAL EXAM Questions With 100% Correct Answers permafrost - answerforms when soil or rock temperatures remain below 32 degrees for at least 2 years glacier - answerlarge mass of perennial ice resting on land or floating shelflike in sea formed from accumulation and recrystillazation of snow snowline - answerwhere the lowest elevation where snow remains year arounf alpine glacier - answerglacier in a mountain range cirque - answerscooped-out, amphitheater-shaped basin at the hea...

GEOG 1111 FINAL EXAM Questions With 100% Correct Answers permafrost - answerforms when soil or rock temperatures remain below 32 degrees for at least 2 years glacier - answerlarge mass of perennial ice resting on land or floating shelflike in sea formed from accumulation and recrystillazation of snow snowline - answerwhere the lowest elevation where snow remains year arounf alpine glacier - answerglacier in a mountain range cirque - answerscooped-out, amphitheater-shaped basin at the hea...

Science 225 exam 2How do we know climate of the last? - correct answer Ice cores and sedimentary rocks Louis Agassiz - correct answer 1830s-European Alps glaciation hypothesis Glacial erratic - correct answer Boulders of rocks out of place Glacial striations - correct answer Grooves in rocks moving in same direction HMS challenger - correct answer : fossils different in cold and warm areas Milankovitch - correct answer s: change in orbital parameters forces climate change hypothes...

How can we know climate of the past? Correct Answer ice cores and sedimentary rocks Louis Agazzis Correct Answer created glaciation hypothesis after studying glacial erratics and striations Glacial erratics Correct Answer enormous boulders transported and deposited by glaciers Glaciation hypothesis Correct Answer over time climate can change and during cold periods glaciers move down and during warm periods they retreat HMS challenger Correct Answer a ship that took a voyage to study...

SCI 225 Exam 2 How do we know what climate was like in the past? - correct answer Rocks: hundreds of millions Ice cores: hundreds of thousands Louis Aggassiz - correct answer hypothesized that glaciers were carrying rocks down, evidence gathered from people, and glaciers advance HMS Challenger - correct answer ocean dredging, fossils are found in cold and warm areas of the ocean Theory of Glaciation - correct answer Louis Aggasiz found glacial erratics and glacial striations in the E...

NRES Exam 1 With 100% Correct Answers 2024. Homestead Act - correct answer created to accelerate settlement in the west, you could buy land from the public domain Morril Land Grant Act - correct answer gave each state land per number of congress members, this land was given to the public for schools and parks Timber and Stone Act - correct answer sold land not suitable for farming for cheaper Forest Reserve Act - correct answer allowed president to remove forest reserves from the publi...

GEOG 1111 FINAL EXAM Questions With 100% Correct Answers permafrost - answerforms when soil or rock temperatures remain below 32 degrees for at least 2 years glacier - answerlarge mass of perennial ice resting on land or floating shelflike in sea formed from accumulation and recrystillazation of snow snowline - answerwhere the lowest elevation where snow remains year arounf alpine glacier - answerglacier in a mountain range cirque - answerscooped-out, amphitheater-shaped basin at the hea...

Chapter 9 - APESWhere is groundwater found? within impermeable layers of rock called aquifers What is the difference between unconfined aquifers and confined aquifers? Unconfined aquifers have water flowing in and out while confined aquifers have permeable rock or clay making it hard for water to exit or enter Brainpower Read More What is a water table? the uppermost level where water in a given area fully saturates rock or soil What happens during a groundwater recharge? ...