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2. what forms a pingo?

  • groundwater freezing
  • a tv channel
  • A hollow
  • an open system

3. How does ice formation start?

  • Snow falls as flakes, which have an open, feathery structure that traps air.
  • Te snow accumulates, compression by the upper layers gradually turns the lower snow into a more compact form known as firn or neve.
  • the mass changes colour from white, indicating the presence of air, to a bluish colour, indicating that the air has been largely expelled.
  • Meltwater seeps into the gaps and then freezes – further compacting the mass.
  • air is progressively squeezed out of the lower snow by the weight of the upper layers and after a period of some years a mass of solid ice develops – where there is no summer melting, this process takes longer.

4. what is a corrie?

  • a tarn
  • an armchair-shaped rock hollow, with a steep back wall.
  • a hollow under the snow
  • a tv program

5. what end is downstream?

  • lee
  • stoss
  • strass

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