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Glaciers pick up large rocks and carry them away. This is called _____.

hydraulic action

traction

plucking

attrition

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Answer:

plucking

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Answer: plucking

Plucking is a type of glacier erosion.Plucking occurs when the ice around the broken rocks, gets displaced with the force exerted by the retreating glacier. The glacier ice plucks the freezed rocks away along with it during glacier erosion.

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