Glacial Processes and Landforms
Reviewing how past ice ages carved the landscape and influenced modern topography.
Key Questions
- Explain how glacial retreat created the Great Lakes and fertile Midwest plains.
- Predict what happens to global sea levels when continental ice sheets melt.
- Analyze how glacial topography influences modern transportation routes and settlement patterns.
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