E405 - Ice Ages

What is the word part that means "between" or "among"?

• Auger
• Inter-
• Fossil
• Ice Sheet

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

What word describes "a warmer time in between cold periods when the ice starts to melt"?

• Ice Sheet
• Auger
• Interglacial Period
• Fossil

Which word means "a long time when the Earth was very cold, and there were a lot of big sheets of ice covering the land"?

• Peat
• Glacial Period
• Glacier
• Ice Age

Which word refers to "something very old that used to be part of a plant or animal, like a bone or a footprint, which has turned into rock"?

• Glacier
• Fossil
• Permanent
• Auger

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

What is a tool that helps dig holes in the ground?

• Interglacial Period
• Auger
• Glacier
• Ice Sheet

Which word means "a very big, slow-moving river of ice"?

• Glacier
• Ice Age
• Peat
• Glacial Period

Which term represents "a kind of squishy, wet brown stuff made from old plants that can be used for burning as fuel"?

• Glacial Period
• Peat
• Inter-
• Ice Age

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What does the term "Ice Age" refer to?

• A time when the Earth was much warmer than it is now.
• A tool used for boring holes in the ground.
• A time when the Earth was much colder than it is now.
• A kind of squishy, wet brown stuff made from old plants.

What is the term for "something that lasts for a very, very long time and doesn't go away"?

• Ice Sheet
• Fossil
• Interglacial Period
• Permanent

What is a huge layer of ice that covers a very large area of land?

• Ice Sheet
• Auger
• Fossil
• Glacier