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Moving glaciers can cause erosion ?

True or false
Plz explain

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Answer:

true

Step-by-step explanation:

plucking and abrasion

abrasion is when a glacier scrapes rocks below and plucking is when sediments are picked up by a glacier

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Glaciers cause erosion in two main ways: plucking and abrasion. Plucking is caused when sediments are picked up by a glacier. They freeze to the bottom of the glacier and are carried away by the flowing ice. ... The rocks and sediment grind away as the glacier moves
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