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(Q010) Identify the true statement.Group of answer choicesThe process by which icebergs break off of coastal glaciers is called surging.Narrow, steep-sided, deep inlets of seawater in glacial valleys are called fjords.Today, glaciers cover 30% of the land; in the ice age, they covered 70%.Pluvial lakes are lakes that form on the surface of a glacier.

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(Q010) Identify the true statement.Group of answer choicesThe process by which icebergs break off of coastal glaciers is called surging.Narrow, steep-sided, deep inlets of seawater in glacial valleys are called fjords.Today, glaciers cover 30% of the land; in the ice age, they covered 70%.Pluvial lakes are lakes that form on the surface of a glacier.

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The true statement is: "Narrow, steep-sided, deep inlets of seawater in glacial valleys are called fjords."

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