Yr12 Glacial Systems Recap

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Across
  1. 2. When a system responds to an original change
  2. 4. When individual layers of ice within a glacier move this is known as ___________ flow
  3. 5. Temperate glaciers will move by ________ sliding
  4. 10. A rock type which is particularly susceptible to carbonation weathering
  5. 12. Glaciers are _____ systems
  6. 13. The rate at which air cools with increasing altitude is known as the _______ rate
  7. 14. The chemical and physical composition of rocks
Down
  1. 1. During the summer months many glaciers will have a __________ mass balance
  2. 3. The loss of snow and ice through melting, evaporation and sublimation
  3. 6. This is the direction a glacier faces and will determine how much sunlight is revieved
  4. 7. A form of chemical weathering involving the absorption of oxygen
  5. 8. The temperature at which ice is on the verge of melting, usually below 0C at the base of a glacier, is known as __________ melting point
  6. 9. The in-situ breakdown of rocks
  7. 11. A combination of glacial processes that is responsible for the initial enlargement of hillside hollows
  8. 15. Glaciers move due to this force