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When a glacier scrapes along the ground, it plucks rocks out of the ground underneath them, then carries on advancing until it melts and then deposits those rocks even thousands of km from where they were picked up, giving rise to the term alien/erratic rocks (a rock which has been moved from its origin by natural processes and deposited in an area which it doesn't 'belong' geologically).
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What is a synonym for plucking?
Picking
What are some adjectives for describing a glacier?
words that describe glacier
Is 'glacier' a noun?
Yes, glacier is a noun. "Glacial" is the adjective form.
Is st johns glacier a proper noun?
Yes it is. It is the name of one specific glacier.
What are the nouns in the sentence Pressure from the weight of the glacier causes it to move?
There are three nouns. They are pressure, weight, and glacier.
What is the process called when a glacier meltsrefreezes and then picks up rocks?
It is proven that this is called glacier plucking or just plucking.
Will plucking occur if a glacier is NOT advancing?
Plucking can still occur even if a glacier is not advancing. Plucking is more influenced by the presence of meltwater and the freezing and thawing of water in crevasses than the overall advance or retreat of the glacier.
Abrasion and plucking involves what part of glacier?
The base of the glacier, where it is in contact with the rocks beneath it.
What is the loosening and lifting of blocks of rock by glacier?
Plucking
What type of glacier weathers rocks by plucking?
Valleyglaciers:)
The process in which a glacier loosens and picks up rock as it moves is called?
Plucking is the process in which a glacier freezes around cracked and broken rock and when it moves downhill, the rock is plucked from the back wall of the glacier.
What are two processes by which glacier erode the land?
Plucking and Abrasion.
What is plucking erosion?
Plucking erosion is a glacial process where meltwater penetrates cracks in a glacier and freezes, causing the ice to expand and pull rock fragments from the bedrock beneath the glacier. This plucking action allows the glacier to transport the rock debris as it flows, contributing to the erosion and shaping of the landscape.
What process is it when Rock fragments freeze to the bottom of a glacier and are then carried away when the glacier moves?
The process in which rock fragments freeze to the bottom of a glacier and are then carried away when the glacier moves is called plucking. After the last ice age, stranded ice blocks left behind by the continental glacier melted and formed kettles.
The plucking form of glacial erosion .?
Plucking is a form of glacial erosion where a glacier will pick up and carry pieces of bedrock as it moves. This process occurs when meltwater at the base of the glacier freezes onto the rock, and as the glacier moves, it pulls these frozen rock pieces along, causing erosion. Plucking can result in the removal and transportation of large rock fragments by glaciers.
Abrasion and plucking generally involve what part of a glacier?
The basal sliding zone
Does plucking make a glacier smaller or larger?
i guess it makes the glacier bigger because it's picking up surface materials?
