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WorksheetsGlaciers
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 6mins
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Class
Date
1.
How much of the planets freshwater do glaciers have?
a)
75%
b)
25%
c)
80%
d)
50%
2.
How many countries are glaciers found in?
a)
20
b)
47
c)
50
d)
34
3.
What is a glacier?
a)
a big piece of ice made from water
b)
a large long lasting mass of ice that forms on land and moves uphill under the earths weight
c)
a large, long lasting mass of ice that forms on land and moves downhill under its own weight
d)
long, low, tear-shaped mountain of till
4.
what would happen if Antarctica's ice melted?
a)
the sea level would rise 70m or 230ft
b)
the sea level would drop 70m or 230ft
c)
the sea level would rise 20m or 65ft
d)
the sea level would stay the same
5.
How does the length of a glacier differ?
a)
it can range from the size of a soccer field to 500 miles
b)
it can range from 200ft to 50 miles
c)
it can range from 400ft to 1,000,000,000 miles
d)
it can range from the size of a football field (360ft) to more than 100 miles
6.
What are continental/ice sheet glaciers?
a)
glaciers that exist over a short part of a continent.
b)
glaciers that exist over long ice sheets.
c)
glaciers that exist over a large part of a continent.
d)
a continent covered by glaciers.
7.
How does a glacier begin to form.
a)
a glacier beging when old snow fall on top of new snow. thick layers of snow are gradually compressed into continental ice.
b)
a glacier begins when new snow falls on top of old snow. thick layers of snow are gradually compressed into glacial ice.
c)
a glacier begins when hail piles up and melts into strong ice.
d)
a glacier begins when chunks of ice calve, or break off, from glaciers.
8.
What are glaciers made of?
a)
glaciers are made up of just ice and snow
b)
Glaciers are made up of more than just ice and snow. they contain water, rocks and sediments. which can make the ice look very dirty.
c)
they are made up of water and dirt
d)
they are made up of ice bergs that attach to each other.
9.
what is Meltwater?what des it do?
a)
meltwater is rainwater found at the bottom of a glacier, it helps the glacier float.
b)
it is a chunk of ice that melts an helps the glacier melt.
c)
Meltwater is melted glacier water found at the bottom of the glacier, and it helps it to glide over the landscape.
10.
what is calving?
a)
Calving is chunks of ice that can break off an ice shelf or glacier that reaches the sea.
b)
it is chunks of snow that can break off icebergs that reaches land.
11.
What are ice bergs?
a)
Chunks of snow that fall into the sea or ocean
b)
water that melts off of glaciers and forms ice
c)
chunks of ice that fall into the sea or ocean
d)
unsorted rock material deposited by glaciers
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