Glacial Drift

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Ice- complete the following table from the reading or from your tablemate's sheet.

Term

Definition

Diagram

Glacier

Ahuge peice of moving rece

thatis caused by the weight

of snow build up making

lower layers.ato ice.

Continental glacier

A glacier that covers a large

part of a conteent. Hposhes

outwards

Alpine glacier

A glacier that moves within

valley walls. It is smaller

andslides/grinds doconthe

slope.

The matical thatis carried

Glacial drift

and deposited by glaciers.

The unsorted sediment

Till

deposited by glacier

Moraine

A large deposit of fill