What process describes when water in cracks in the rock freezes, expands, and contracts, causing the rock to weaken and break?
Corrie

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Geography
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6th Grade
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Emma Hogan
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Basal sliding
Plucking
Abrasion
Freeze-thaw
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which term refers to the process where ice freezes onto bedrock and pulls loose rocks away?
Rotational flow
Plucking
Bergschrund
Freeze-thaw
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the term for the grinding of a hollow by angular rock embedded in moving ice?
Rotational flow
Freeze-thaw
Abrasion
Plucking
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What helps to deepen the corrie in glacial movement?
Bergschrund
Basal sliding
Abrasion
Rotational flow
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What occurs when the glacier melts and leaves behind a small lake?
Rock lip
Bergschrund
Neve ice
Tarn
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