ch 11
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brookiebtd7615 on April 24, 2012
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 current | a river flowing within a larger body of water |
| upwelling | the movement of deeper cooler nutrient rich water to the ocean surface |
| coral | stony skeletal deposits produced by polyps |
| humboldt current | a cold current flowing north from antartica |
| disruptive | interrupting or interfering with something |
| gulf stream | a warm ocean current flowing nort alone east coast of north america |
| blight | any disease that destroys plants |
| glacier | a Lage mass of land ice that is or has been in motion |
| continental glacier | a glacier formed at high latitudes that covers a large area of land |
| alpine glacier | a relatively small glacier formed at high elevations in mountains |
| terminal moraine | the final deposit of glacial debris marking the farthert advance of a glacier |
| calving | the process hereby large pieces of ice break off when a glacier enters water |
| glacial scouring | scraping action due to the weight of glaciers, leaving bare bedrock |
| isostasy | the ability of the planet to seek a state of equilibrium |
| alluvial fan | a fan shaped stream deposit extending out from the bases of mountain ranges |
| cirque | a large mountian hollow created by a glacier |
| hanging valley | a glacial tributary valley that is not as deeply eroded as th main glacial valley |
| crevasse | a deep crack in a glacier due to movement |
| plastic | having the ability to change shape without breaking |
| fjord | a long narrow arm of the sea |
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