Permafrost

a thick layer of earth below the surface of polar regions that remains below freezing point throughout the year

• Living the dream

• Permafrost

• LAST

Melting ______________ in the Arctic releases methane.

• Icebergs

• Glaciers

• Permafrost

• Popsicles

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Which biome is characterized by permafrost?

• Taiga

• Tundra

• Temperate Deciduous Forrest

• Savanna

When permafrost warms and thaws, it releases carbon dioxide and ____ into the atmosphere.

• Water

• Methane

• Fire

• Dirt

Extremely cold and dry biome, known for its permafrost

• ecosystem

• Tundra

• nonliving

• Grassland

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What is the cryosphere?

• liquid water in oceans, lakes, rivers, soil, and underground

• water vapor found in the stratosphere

• frozen water in snow, ice, and glaciers

• the solid Earth, including its soil, rocks, and mantle

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In Alaska, permafrost temperatures have warmed as much as ____˚C in the last few decades

• 0

• 2

• 5

• 9

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When the ice in permafrost melts, the ground becomes unstable and can slump, causing _____.

• rock and landslides

• floods

• coastal erosion

• fire

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Because of global warming, what is happening in the tundra?

• The animals are getting heat stroke and are dying

• It is flooding more often

• Its getting hotter, which means the plants are dying, which means herbivores don't have enough food to eat

• The Permafrost is melting which means the Ocean level is rising, which leads to more floods

• Nothing because Global Warming is a hoax(fake)

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People and animals and their diseases have been frozen in the permafrost for hundreds of years, but unfreezing them ____.

• is not cause for concern

• can bring back those diseases

• can cause more food for wildlife

• can cause more plants to be made from the remains

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