What is the difference between ice sheet, sea ice, and ice shelf? ...

[laurencescou]

What is the difference between ice sheet, sea ice, and ice shelf?
 
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Question 2

Describe how glaciers fit into the hydrologic cycle. What role do they play in the rock cycle?
 
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Answer to Question 1

Ice sheets are large continental glacial masses, flowing outward in all directions from accumulation centers. Sea ice is free-floating ice fed by glaciers calving and forming icebergs. Ice shelves are large, relatively flat ice masses that float seaward from the coast but remain attached to the land along at least one side.

Answer to Question 2

In the hydrologic cycle, when precipitation falls at high elevations or high latitudes, the water may become part of a glacier, where it can be stored as glacial ice for tens, hundreds, or even thousands of years. In the rock cycle, the moving mass of ice scours the land surface, acquiring, transporting, and depositing great quantities of sediment.

[laurencescou]

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