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Card 6

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__________ Earth - no continental glaciation due to warming caused by high levels of greenhouse gases

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Card 7

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Cooler periods encouraging precipitation during which erosional features form due to the advance of ice

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Card 8

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Periods of warming when glaciers retreat causing depositional features to form

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Card 9

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Short-term retreats of ice during glacials when it is temporarily warmer

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Card 10

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Short-term cooler periods during interglacials when ice masses can advance

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Card 11

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Regions or areas of the Earth that are currently, or show evidence of having been, glaciated

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Card 12

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Areas which were glaciated in the past

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Card 13

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Portions of the Earth's surface where water is in solid form, usually as snow or ice

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Card 14

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____-base Glaciers - sit on a layer of meltwater at their base and so can slide; found at high altitudes

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Card 15

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____-base Glaciers - sit rooted in ice, frozen solid to the bedrock; found at high latitudes

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