Ice Age Meltdown

How is a glacier different from an ice sheet?

• Ice sheets are colder than glaciers

• Glaciers are moving rivers of ice; ice sheets are immobile slabs

• Glaciers form in the Northern Hemisphere; ice sheets form in the Southern Hemisphere.

• Ice sheets form during interglacial periods; glaciers form during ice ages

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

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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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Which organisms were alive when New York State was last covered by a continental ice sheet?

• Eurypterus and Cooksonia

• Aneurophyton and Naples Tree

• mastodont and Beluga whale

• Coelophysis and Elliptocephala

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

A _____ is a mass of snow and ice that moves slowly over the land.

• moraine

• glacier

• till

• u-shaped valley

From Tim's explanation about interglacial periods, what can you conclude about the prefix "inter-?"

• It means "between"

• It means "cold"

• It means "age"

• It means "glacier"

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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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

What is the primary cause of the Ice Age Meltdown?

• Volcanic eruptions

• Human activities

• Solar radiation changes

• Tectonic plate movements

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-5

Which gas is most associated with the greenhouse effect that contributed to the Ice Age Meltdown?

• Oxygen

• Nitrogen

• Carbon dioxide

• Helium

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-5