Thursday, October 1, 2015

Glaciers

What are some ways Glaciers can change the surface of the Earth? 

77 comments:

Anonymous said...

some ways that can change the earth is weathering

Anonymous said...

It can change the surface of the earth by making lakes and moving rocks around.

Anonymous said...

the glaciers can erode mountains and etc.

Anonymous said...

Glaciers can change the surface of the Earth by freezing it.

Anonymous said...

Glaciers can affect the Earth by making ponds, and lakes.

Grace D said...

Glaciers can change the suface of the earth by water, wind, snow, and, rain.

Anonymous said...

Someways glaciers can change the surface of the Earth by making the area of the glacier smoother, glaciers can make waterfalls, make lakes, river and cracks in the Earth

Anonymous said...

Glaciers can change the surface of the Earth to form Lakes and Oceans and shape the surface of the Earth

Nicole said...

In the Arctic and sub-Arctic, glacial erosion has shaped much of the landscape. Glaciers primarily erode through plucking and abrasion. Plucking occurs as a glacier flows over bedrock, softening and lifting blocks of rock that are brought into the ice. The intense pressure at the base of the glacier causes some of the ice to melt, forming a thin layer of subglacial water. This water flows into cracks in the bedrock. As the water refreezes, the ice acts as a lever loosening the rock by lifting it. The fractured rock is thus incorporated into the glacier’s load and is carried along as the glacier slowly moves.
Abrasion happens when the glacier’s ice and rock fragments act as sandpaper, crushing the rock into finely grained rock flour and smoothing the rock below. Meltwater streams of many glaciers are grayish in color due to high amounts of rock flour.

Sabrina C said...

Glaciers change the earth by melting under the earths surface and freezing pushing rock under the glacier to flat out and make the path for the glaciers to move easy.

Tayte said...

Ice can get under rocks and break them into smaller rocks or sediments.

Danielle said...

Glaciers not only transport material as they move, but they also sculpt and carve away the land beneath them. A glacier's weight, combined with its gradual movement, can drastically reshape the landscape over hundreds or even thousands of years. The ice erodes the land surface and carries the broken rocks and soil debris far from their original places, resulting in some interesting glacial landforms.
https://nsidc.org/cryosphere/glaciers/questions/land.html

Ian L said...

Here is a example of glaciers changing the earth's surface. Since glaciers are melting because of global warming glaciers are making more water which means in some areas of the world they are getting floods which means where they live they are starting to get something called erosion.

Anthony E said...

Glaciers can change the surface of the Earth because the water from the bottom of the glacier gets into the ground which freezes and digs up rocks and moves them.

Brandon M said...

Some ways that glaciers change the surface of the earth is when that big glacier off the east of Antarctica fall down it will make Antartica 60 miles shorter.

keni said...

Glaciers not only transport material as they move, but they also sculpt and carve away the land beneath them. A glacier's weight, combined with its gradual movement, can drastically reshape the landscape over hundreds or even thousands of years.

Riley H. said...

A way that glaciers can change the surface of the earth is from glacial erosion which has shaped much of the landscape of the earth.

Nicole said...

Glaciers can change the surface of the earth by forming Lakes, Rivers and Oceans so they can make the area smoother

Jasmine C. said...

Glaciers can change the surface of the earth by snow, wind, and, water.

Brianna M. said...

Some ways that glaciers can change the surface of the earth are: erosion: (removing vegetation, rocks, and sediments), creating Kettle lakes, etc. Some examples of glacial erosion are Cirques, Arêtes, and Horns. When glaciers retreat, they drop gravel, small rocks, sand, and mud on the ground.

https://nsidc.org/cryosphere/glaciers/questions/land.html

Anonymous said...

I think the glaciers can affect the earth by ice weathering and then destroying the earths crust .

dylan.f said...

It acts as sandpaper and goes in the cracks of the earth loosening rocks and draging them along with the glacier.

Caelen Merrill said...

Some ways glaciers can affect the surface of the Earth are by moving, loosening, and freezing rocks.

Anonymous said...

the glaser acks like sand paper.

Anonymous said...

As the glacier slides along the ground, water from the glacier will seep into the ground and break apart rocks, and the glacial ice will act as sandpaper, and smooth the rocks under the glacier

Anonymous said...

it acts as if it is sandpaper and breaks up rocks under the bottom of the glaicer and then the tiny rocks freeze under the glaicer.

Anonymous said...

Glaciers can move mountains, and change the texture of the terrain.

Kylie M. said...

Some ways glaciers can affect the surface of the Earth are by moving and freezing rocks.

jada said...

As the glacier slides along the ground, water from the glacier will seep into the ground and break apart rocks, and the glacial ice will act as sandpaper, and smooth the rocks under the glacier.

Emily K. said...

Some ways glaciers can effect the surface of the earth are freezing rocks, or loosening.

Lily G. said...

Some ways glaciers can affect the surface of the Earth are by moving slowing, freezing and putting pressure on the rock so it breaks down.

Jordan T. said...

Glaciers can change the earths surface by rubbing down the rocks and crushing them into the earth.

Kyle G said...

The water under it gets in rocks and breacks it up. It makes it so the surface is messed up

Daniel.B said...

Some ways the glaciers change the surface is it gets rocks on the bottom and it acts like sand paper to the ground.

Abigail N said...

Some of the ways that glaciers help to form earth is plowing the earth like sandpaper. Glaciers are also one of the best resource for fresh water.- Abigail N

morrison doucette said...

The weight and the pressure can change the surface of the earth .

Anonymous said...

It might destroy a city if it melts

Lizzy said...

Glaciers make the Earth cold.

Sophia D said...

Glaciers can effect the surface of the earth by moving

AllisonL said...

it acts as sandpaper because it cracks in the earth

Anthony said...

They can make lakes and fresh water.

Anonymous said...

Glaciers can effect the surface of the earth by wearing it down like sand paper. Glaciers also can pluck rocks out of the ground changing how the land is. This is how glaciers can change the earth.

kolby o said...

the ice caps will melt and there will be floods

Anonymous said...

Glaciers not only transport material as they move, but they also sculpt and carve away the land beneath them. A glacier's weight, combined with its gradual movement, can drastically reshape the landscape over hundreds or even thousands of years. The ice erodes the land surface and carries the broken rocks and soil debris far from their original places, resulting in some interesting glacial landforms.

https://nsidc.org/cryosphere/glaciers/questions/land.html

Tristin R said...

Glaciers act like sand paper and scrape the earth and causing erosion and that can break off the surface and make sediments and stuff.

Katelyn Piche said...

Glaciers effect the surface of the earth when they erode rocks, carrying them in the path of the glacier, and leaving behind smooth ground because they act like sandpaper.

Colby said...

Some ways glaciers can change the surface of the earth is how the glaciers move in there paths a get locked in the place making it a lot smoother and flatting the area around it.

Nikki Newcomb said...

Glaciers can change the surface of the earth because they are like sandpaper and the weight and pressure.

Bradyn Neundorfer said...

Well glaciers are constantly moving and eroding land which is causing the earth to make lakes and mountain ranges

Anonymous said...

By Moving and smoothing out the rocks underneath with its wait and sliding water into cracks under rocks and then freezing.

Lily r said...

Glaciers change the earth's surface because of their weight and pressure.

thomas said...

it moves across the land and erodes the rocks under it because it acts as sand paper.

shawn said...

it can act like sandpaper because it cracks the earth

Brian Wakem said...

Some ways that glaciers move is by gravity pushing them to cause rocks to fall making earth smooth theoretically speaking.

Jasmine said...

I think that, if there was and earthquake right next to one, it would crake because, there is sand paper on the bottom of it. I also think that if that earthquake was big enough, that it might move the glacier.

Abby Day The hippie (ノ◕ヮ◕)ノ*:・゚✧ said...

Glaciers are going to melt someday, causing a flood and filling the ocean. That swhy we need to get rid of gas-fueled cars and go electric! *STOP GLOBAL WARMING*

Cory M. said...

One way glaciers can change the earth is that they can carve the land and make rivers

Ryan R said...

They can destroy small islands create lakes rivers.

Noelle Lewis said...

Glaciers can change the surface of the earth because they can act like sandpaper and scrape the earth and then break down sediments

Anonymous said...

Glaciers can destroy land like sandpaper, and can also create rivers.

Anonymous said...

the ice glacer can be like a frozen ocean

Anonymous said...

P.S has anyone tried glacier water? It tastes JUST LIKE WATER!

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McKenzie Bubar said...

They can make lakes and fresh water. It can destroy land

Anonymous said...

Glaciers change the Earths surface shaping the valleys

Anonymous said...

they move across the ground and pick up rocks and boulders and that smoothes out the ground.

Anonymous said...

Glaciers can change the surface of the earth by carving valleys and river beds.

Anonymous said...

A way a glacier can change the Earth's surface by, shaping lakes, and valleys.

Anonymous said...

Glaciers help form the earths surface also it made a natural waterfall that glaciers helped make

Anonymous said...

Glaciers can make rivers, lakes, fresh water. If all the glaciers melted, earth would be flooded and lots of land would go in the water.

Maddie said...

Glaciers change the earth because shaping rivers and dams

Anonymous said...

Glaciers move slowly and changes the earth's surface by making the earth. It makes the earth more smoother and it picks up rocks.

Andrew Iverson said...

They can change the world because they can make lakes and rivers

Anonymous said...

Some ways glaciers can affect the surface of the Earth are by moving slowing, freezing and putting pressure on the rock so it breaks down.

Anonymous said...

They can change the world beacuse of weathering

Anonymous said...

Glaciers change the surface of the Earth by eroded materials underneath them.