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WorksheetsLife on the Ice
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 14mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
How is the North Pole different from the South Pole?
a)
They are on opposite ends of the planet
b)
They are not different
c)
One is icy and one is hot
d)
One has animals and one does not
2.
How much of the worlds fresh water is contained in the ice in Antarctica?
a)
10%
b)
30%
c)
70%
d)
100%
3.
Why does the author include so many details when she talks about the weather conditions in the Arctic and Antarctica?
a)
She likes to talk
b)
She wants you to know what to bring if you go
c)
She wants you to know how cold and harsh these places are
d)
She wants you to live there
4.
Ice bergs can be as small as a ________.
a)
Cat
b)
Horse
c)
Car
d)
Piano
5.
What has caused pilots to change how they fly in and out of these regions?
a)
Many instruments don't work in the extreme cold
b)
They don't like to fly in the winter
c)
There is no place to land
d)
They are bringing more people
6.
How thick is the snow that has been around since the last ice age, with rings that look like a tree?
a)
100 feet
b)
1,000 feet
c)
1 mile thick
d)
2 miles thick
7.
What historical thing have scientists found in the ancient ice?
a)
Ash from Italy's Mt. Vesuvius eruption
b)
Bones
c)
Water
d)
Leaves
8.
What is more likely to be found in the ice at the South Pole than any where else on earth?
a)
Animal bones
b)
meteorites from space
c)
penguins
d)
Dinosaurs
9.
How long does night last in the Antarctic?
a)
1 month
b)
3 months
c)
6 months
d)
1 year
10.
What gets so cold in the extreme weather that it will freeze to your skin?
a)
Metal
b)
Leather
c)
Glass
d)
Silk
11.
If you visit the poles you will end up eating ______ as much food because your body is working so hard to stay warm
a)
3 times
b)
4 times
c)
2 times
d)
the same amount of food
12.
Scientist study how people are able to live in such a small isolated group to see how people might live on a ______ colony one day
a)
moon
b)
mars
c)
sun
d)
saturn
13.
How fast must the planes go to take off, and how long does it take them to get that fast sometimes?
a)
45mph, 1 mile
b)
75mph, 1 1/2 miles
c)
100mph, 2 miles
d)
150mph, 3 miles
14.
How many rockets are attached to the plane that helps the scientists get home?
a)
2 rockets
b)
4 rockets
c)
6 rockets
d)
8 rockets
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