Antarctica Review

What is the meaning of "Antarctic"?

• opposite of the Arctic

• opposite of the Antarctica

• largest continent

• most southern continent

What is lichen?

• large sheets of ice off the coast

• organisms that usually grow on solid, rocky surfaces

• marine wildlife

• strong wind gusts from the interior lands to coasts

Antarctica has no native population of these.

• animals

• plants

• people

• water

Antarctica holds 70% of the world's resources of this.

• lichen

• freshwater

• land

• water

What is the South Pole?

• center of Antarctica

• largest southern sea

• name for largest iceberg discovered

• where all poled scientific instruments are located

What did the Antarctica Treaty of 1959 establish?

• protections for wildlife

• standards of scientific research

• official government of Antarctica

• international claims to land

Which country officially reached the South Pole first?

• US

• Australia

• Norway

• England

How have scientists proven Antarctica was connected to other continents long ago?

• they Googled the information

• by comparing fossils from other continents

• by comparing ice samples

• by comparing meteorites

What is a thick layer of ice and compressed snow forming a solid crust over the land?

• ice cream

• ice shelf

• iceberg

• ice sheet

What percentage of the land is suitable for Antarctica's plantlife?

• .01%

• 0%

• 1%

• 10%