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En relación con los hielos marque la opción correcta.Regarding glacier and sea ice terms, mark the correct option:

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Correct answer: b) A bergy bit is a large piece of floating ice of glacier origin.

Why it is correct

A bergy bit is a large piece of floating glacier ice (smaller than an iceberg but larger than a growler, rising 1 to 5 m above the sea).

Why the others are not

  • a) Bare ice is snow-free ice.
  • c) Fast ice is sea ice fixed to the shore.
  • d) The vertical cliff is the ice front or wall; an ice shelf is the floating slab.

How to work it out in the exam

  1. Bergy bit: floating piece of glacier ice (1–5 m high).

Where this question comes from

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