A Glacier Will Flow Faster Where It Is Steeper and _____

question 29

Multiple Choice

A glacier will flow faster where it is steeper and _____.

• A) thinner
• B) has more firn
• C) younger
• D) thicker
• E) older

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Definitions:

Modern Institutions

Institutions that have emerged or evolved significantly in modern societies, including bureaucracy, the nation-state, capitalism, and scientific establishments.

Postmodernist

A philosophical perspective that critiques modernism, emphasizing the role of ideology, power, and culture in shaping human experience and knowledge.

Distanciation

The process or effect of becoming distant or disconnected, often used in social sciences to discuss the separation of people by time, space, or social relations.

Disembedding

Disembedding is a social theory concept referring to the process by which social relations are lifted out of local contexts and restructured across indefinite spans of time-space, a phenomenon characteristic of modernity.