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How is a glacier different from an ice sheet?

• Ice sheets are colder than glaciers.

• Glaciers are moving rivers of ice, while ice sheets are immobile slabs.

• Glaciers form in the Northern Hemisphere, while ice sheets form in the Southern Hemisphere.

• Ice sheets form during interglacial periods, while glaciers form during ice ages.

Which of the following creatures could be described by the term "megafauna?"

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How are glaciations different from ice ages?

• Ice ages are longer and more intense.

• Glaciations are shorter and more intense.

• Ice ages are shorter and less intense.

• Glaciations are longer and less intense.

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What can you conclude from the fact that animals that live in the tropics have been known to live in areas currently covered in ice?

• There used to be many more animals alive on the earth in the past than there are today

• Over many millions of years, the earth's climate has been extremely dynamic

• The tectonic plates connecting Canada and the United States were once separated

• Animals that used to be warm-blooded have evolved into cold-blooded animals

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Which word best describes the pattern of ice ages throughout Earth's history?

• Random

• Unpredictable

• Cyclical

• Unknown

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If you wanted to take a core sample of an ice sheet, what would you need?

• A glacier

• A very large freezer

• A thermometer

• A special drill

Which of the following geologic features was created by glaciers?

• The Mojave Desert

• The Great Lakes

• The Rocky Mountains

• The Gulf of Mexico

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What are big sheets of ice? 

• Glaciers
• Animals that sleep
• A story of people

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The first civilizations began in _____.

• Asia and Africa
• Antarctica and Australia 
• North and South America

The low sea levels exposed a strip of dry land connecting the continents.

• Low sea levels

• High sea levels

• Above sea levels

• Normal sea levels

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