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Properties of ice
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-water expands as it freezes, open crystal lattice and lower density than liquid form
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Glacier
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land-based, mass of ice and snow, normally move down hill, survives from year to year, covers only 10% of Earth's surface
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Classification of glacier
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Alpine
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valley glaciers, amy produce ice burgs (calving)
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Continental glacier (ices heets, ice caps )
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Huge masses, slow moving, very thick ice, radial movement
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Antarctica ice sheet
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90% of the world's ice, thickness 3000m, at least 35 Ma old
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