Quiz on melting arctic ice

If the western ice sheet melts it will have global impacts, leading to increased rates of coastal flooding and erosion. True or false?

• True

• False

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Environmentally, what's happening in the Arctic? (may have more than one response)

• the temperatures are increasing

• too much ice is melting

• weather patterns are changing

• marine life is being impacted

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Melting ice in the oceans has little effect on sea levels.

• True

• Fasle

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95% of land based ice is located in

• North and South Pole

• North America and Alaska

• Asia and Australia

• Greenland and Antarctica

What land area will be impacted most by melting land ice?

• Mainlands

• Coastal areas

• Islands

• Mountain ranges like the Alps

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How much could the sea level increase if the land ice continues to melt?

• 70 meters

• 70 inches

• 700 meters

• 7 ft

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One problem with glacier melting is...

• the water gets colder

• glaciers get dirty

• the earth gets warmer

• icebergs crash into other landforms

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Mixing freshwater from glaciers with saltwater from the ocean has no effect on ocean currents.

• True

• False

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Who or what is effected by melting glaciers?

• Ocean habitaits

• Animals living in the arctic

• Humans

• All the above

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What form does most frozen water take in the Arctic?

• Glaciers

• Ice Sheets

• Permafrost

• Sea Ice