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mation from different media and formats y check english read the passage. then answer the question. glaciers a glacier is a large, slow - moving mass of ice. it forms as snow piles up and becomes densely packed, changing to solid ice. it is so heavy that the bottom gets warmer and melts. this causes the glacier to slide across the land. one type of glacier is an alpine glacier, which forms high in the mountains and moves downward. these glaciers often push dirt and rocks ahead of them as they move through valleys. sometimes several glaciers come together in one large field of ice. continental glaciers begin as a dome of ice and spread out in integrate the information in the text and the graphic. choose the correct words to complete the sentence. when several glaciers come together in one large field of ice, they can form an ice cap, which is a type of alpine glacier continental glacier ice sheet

Explanation:

The passage describes different types of glaciers. When several glaciers combine in a large ice - field, they can form an ice cap. An ice cap is a type of continental glacier. Alpine glaciers form high in mountains and move downward, and an ice sheet is a very large mass of ice. Based on the information in the passage, an ice cap is a type of continental glacier.

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continental glacier