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What is the name of a small depression created by the melting of a chunk of ice in glacial sediment?
a kettle
A chunk of ice that travels around the sun it has a head and a tail?
comet
What is slow moving river of ice definition?
A slow moving river of ice is known as a glacier. Glaciers are large bodies of ice formed by the accumulation and compaction of snow over long periods of time. They flow under their own weight due to the force of gravity.
What is the difference between an ice burg and glacier?
a glacier is huge ice mountain in the arctic ocean.An iceberg is a chunk of ice that falls off the glacier into the ocean.
What is a chunk of ice and dust whose orbit is usually a long narrow eclipse?
comet
What is a small depression formed by a chunk of ice and filled with water?
A small depression formed by a chunk of ice and filled with water is called a "pothole." These are common in areas where glaciers have been present and are typically formed by melting ice leaving behind depressions that become filled with water. Potholes can vary in size and shape.
What is the name of a small depression created by the melting of a chunk of ice in glacial sediment?
a kettle
What is formed by a chunk of ice?
In descending order of size: ice-sheet / -cap, glacier, iceberg, ice-floe, icicle, hailstone, snow-flake, frost crystal... water!
What is a small depression that forms when a chunk of ice is left in glacial till?
A kettle hole is a small depression that forms when a block of ice becomes lodged in glacial till, then melts and leaves a depression in the land surface.
Will a chunk of ice float higher than an ice cube?
A chunk of ice will float higher in water than an ice cube only if the ice chunk is larger than the ice cube.
What is a small depression formed when a block of ice melts in tills?
kettle
How are Kettles formed?
Kettles are formed when a piece of glacier ice breaks off and becomes buried by till or moraine deposits. Over time the ice melts, leaving a small depression in the land, filled with water.:-)
What is a huge chunk of ice that Moves overland?
An iceberg is a huge chunk of ice that can move overland when it breaks off from a glacier or ice shelf and is carried by ocean currents or pushed by winds.
What do you call A large chunk of ice afloat in the ocean?
GlacierLarge masses of floating ice are called Icebergs. There are different types, but that is the general term applied to those large masses of ice.
What large floating chunk of ice mean danger for ships sailing to Antarctica?
Ice bergs.
What forms by a chunk of ice?
A chunk of ice can form from frozen water molecules that have bonded together in a solid state due to low temperatures. This can happen naturally in freezing conditions, or artificially in a freezer or ice maker.
How do you make ice tea explode?
put a chunk of C4 in it. lol
