In a remote location near the North Pole, an iceberg floats in a lake. Next to the lake (assume it is not frozen) sits a comparably sized glacier sitting on land. If both chunks of ice should melt (and the melted ice all goes into the lake), which ice chunk would give the greatest increase in the level of the lake water, if any?

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Jalen Irwin

7 July, 10:29

In a remote location near the North Pole, an iceberg floats in a lake. Next to the lake (assume it is not frozen) sits a comparably sized glacier sitting on land. If both chunks of ice should melt (and the melted ice all goes into the lake), which ice chunk would give the greatest increase in the level of the lake water, if any?

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Moshe Haney · Answer 1

The correct answer to the following question will be "Glacier".

Explanation:

A large mass of frozen ground that flows very steadily through both the valley as well as spreads out through the middle. Throughout several centuries, glaciers have formed from compacted snow in places whereby snow builds up quicker although this melts. The iceberg has been on the bay, so there's no adjustment in a size equivalent to the whole iceberg.

So that the above seems to be the right answer.