ERSC181 Week 7 - Deserts, Glaciers, and Climate Changes Exam Questions and Answers Latest Update 2024
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ERSC181 Week 7 - Deserts, Glaciers, and Climate Changes Exam Questions and Answers Latest Update 2024
Desertification - Answers The expansion of the desert into nondesert areas
Surface creep - Answers Sediment transport in which the wind causes particles to roll along the ground
Saltation - Answ...
ERSC181 Week 7 - Deserts, Glaciers, and Climate Changes Exam Questions and Answers Latest Update
2024
Desertification - Answers The expansion of the desert into nondesert areas
Surface creep - Answers Sediment transport in which the wind causes particles to roll along the ground
Saltation - Answers Sediment transport in which particles move forward in a series of short jumps along
arc-shaped paths
Deflation - Answers Wind erosion in which loose particles of sand and dust are removed by the wind,
leaving coarser particles behind
Ripples - Answers Small wavelike forms in sediments and sedimentary rocks
Ephemeral stream - Answers A stream that flows only briefly during and following a period of rainfall
Arroyos - Answers A steep-sided gully cut by running water in an arid or semiarid region
Glaciers - Answers A semi-permanent or perennially frozen body of ice, consisting largely of
recrystallized snow, which moves under the pull of gravity
Cryosphere - Answers The perennially frozen part of the hydrosphere
Alpine Glaciers - Answers Glaciers in mountainous regions
Continental Glaciers - Answers Glaciers that are large and cover continents
Valley Glaciers - Answers Glaciers that fill valleys in mountains
Temperate glaciers - Answers Glaciers in mid-latitude temperate climates
Polar glaciers - Answers Glaciers at the polar regions
Subpolar glaciers - Answers Glaciers between temperate zones and the poles
Icecaps - Answers A covering of ice over a large area, especially on the polar region of a planet
Sublimate - Answers The transition of a substance directly from the solid to the gas phase without
passing through the intermediate liquid phase
Accumulation - Answers To build up
Ablation - Answers Zone of the glacier with a net loss in ice mass due to melting, sublimation,
evaporation
Creep - Answers Slow, downslope movement of particles that occurs on every slope covered with loose,
weathered material
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