Large areas of frozen ground can develop a heaved-up, circular, ice-cored mound called
A) an ice wedge.
B) ground ice.
C) a pingo.
D) a talik.

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A pingo is a circular ice-cored mound that can develop in large areas of frozen ground, particularly in permafrost regions. Ice wedges, ground ice, and taliks are all features or components of permafrost, but they do not specifically describe the heaved-up mounds known as pingos.

Large Areas of Frozen Ground Can Develop a Heaved-Up, Circular