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The Aletsch glacier is the largest in the Alps of Switzerland. Credit: Dirk Beyer.

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1 Yes or No, A slow-moving river of ice is called a glacier.

Yes
No

2 The cryosphere is likely to include which of the following?

water in solid form
sea ice
rain
lake ice
river ice
snow cover
glaciers
ice caps
ice sheets

3 The science of the behavior of frozen snow is called

4 Chemistry phenomena associated with glaciers are

water
carbon dioxide
tantalum
organic compounds
silicates
polyethylene

5 Complete the text:

It has been recognized from previous studies that

, as opposed to automated, delineation of glacier

tended to digitize only a subset of all glaciers in a region, in general the

ones.

6 Complete the text:

Match up the astroglacial object with each of the possibilities below:
ice cap - A
Christensen Glacier - B
water in solid form - C
behavior of frozen snow - D
ice sheets - E
Fedchenko Glacier - F
Antarctica and Greenland

cryopediology

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Bouvetøya

.
Tajikistan

.
cryosphere

.
Vatnajökull, Iceland

.

7 Complete the text:

Match up the object with the image:
Wedgemont alpine glacier - A
Vatnajökull, Iceland - B
the Cryosphere - C
Antarctica - D
Sawyer Glacier - E
Malaspina Glacier - F
Trips 04 - Mt Wedge - 02 (90961463).jpg

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Antarctica 6400px from Blue Marble.jpg

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Malaspina Glacier in Southeastern Alaska.jpg

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Cryosphere Fuller Projection.png

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Whaler off of NOAA Ship John N. Cobb-Sawyer Glacier.jpg

Vatnajökull.jpeg

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8 Which of the following is not a glacier?

Vatnajökull, Iceland
Van Allen radiation belts
the last ice sheets in Europe and North America
the cryosphere
frozen snow
ice sheets are in Antarctica and Greenland

9 True or False, During the last glacial period at Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) the Laurentide ice sheet covered much of North America.

TRUE
FALSE

10 Which of the following is not a glacial characteristic of ice?

an albedo as high as 80%
thin water frost deposits
ice knobs
tidal heating events
surface is composed of water ice
napajäätikkö

11 Yes or No, A glacier that has one or more tributary glaciers that flow into it is a branched-valley glacier?

No
Yes

Hypotheses

  1. There are no glaciers on Io.

See also

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