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    A Thick Mass of Ice That Floats on the Ocean
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A Thick Mass of Ice That Floats on the Ocean

Question 43

Question 43

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A thick mass of ice that floats on the ocean surface but is connected to and fed from a glacier on land is called a(n) ____.


A) ice shelf
B) iceberg
C) outwash plain
D) fjord

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