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Card 6

Front

The balance between accumulation and ablation over a year

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Card 7

Front

The upper part of a glacier where there is more accumulation than ablation

Back

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Card 8

Front

The lower part of a glacier where there is more ablation than accumulation

Back

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Card 9

Front

The place where accumulation and ablation are equal

Back

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Card 10

Front

Where the ice bends and warps to flow downhill like a liquid

Back

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Card 11

Front

Where layers of ice slip downwards due to gravity

Back

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Card 12

Front

Where layers of ice slip forwards due to slow movement lower down the glacier

Back

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Card 13

Front

When glaciers move in an arc shape when they are in a hollow

Back

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Card 14

Front

Meltwater underneath a glacier allows it to slide over the ground

Back

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Card 15

Front

Cracked formed in the glacier by stresses and strains

Back

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