Unit 5 Review: Antarctica

Where do most of the people in Antarctica live?

• in a large city near the South Pole

• in hundreds of small mountain villages

• in about 50 research stations

• in thousands of igloos scattered across the continent

How many tourists visit Antarctica each year?

• 600

• 6,000

• 60,000

• 600,000

Where on Antarctica are temperatures the warmest?

• Bentley Subglacial Trench

• interior highlands

• South Pole

• near the coasts

Which body of water is near Antarctica?

• Weddell Sea

• Bering Strait

• Arctic Ocean

• Baffin Bay

Which agreement sets rules for the management of Antarctica’s land and resources?

• South Ocean Accords

• Amundsen-Scott Treaty

• South Pole Pact

• Antarctica Treaty

What have scientists found from their research in Antarctica?

• evidence that aliens have visited Earth

• clues about the origins of the universe

• remains of Viking settlements

• bones of the earliest humans on the planet

How do scientists studying climate change view Antarctica?

• as a global barometer of the planet’s climate

• as a future landfill where waste can be safely stored

• as a dead end that reveals little useful information

• as an icy threat to humanity that must be thawed

Why are much of Antarctica’s natural resources yet to be explored?

• A thick ice sheet covers most of the land.

• Concerns that mining will harm penguin colonies.

• Summer thawing makes the continent interior too swampy.

• Nations refuse to agree on mining rights.

Which landform divides Antarctica into the regions of East Antarctica and West Antarctica?

• Amundsen Sea

• Bentley River

• Transantarctic Mountains

• South Ocean

Which example shows plant life in Antarctica?

• cacti

• lichens

• bugleweed

• agave