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Glaciers

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 4mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is an ice age ?

a)

Line on a map joining places that are the same height above sea level

b)

the change from liquid to gas

c)

the time where earth's average temperature was lower than usual and glaciers spread

d)

a sheet of ice that is attached to land, but floats on the ocean

2.

What is Tundra ?

a)

A type of plant or animal

b)

A cold region where the ground is deeply frozen; only the surface thaws in summer, allowing small plants to grow.

c)

The average number of people living in a place, per square kilometre

d)

A map of a small area

3.

Which of the following is an iceberg ?

a)
b)
c)
d)
4.

What is A ?

a)

Ice Shelf

b)

Ice Sheet

c)

Iceberg

d)

Mountain glaciers

5.

What is B ?

a)

Ice Shelf

b)

Ice Sheet

c)

Iceberg

d)

Mountain glaciers

6.

Where are most of the glaciers located at ?

a)

Antartica

b)

Greenland

c)

Mont Blanc

7.

Which continent has glaciers other than Antartica ?

a)

Asia

b)

Africa

c)

Europe

d)

Oceania

e)

All of the above

8.

What are the difference between Glaciers and Sea Ice ?

a)

What was it made of

b)

When it was formed

c)

Where it comes from

9.

How are glaciers formed ?

a)

Rain turned into snow

b)

Layers of snow are compressed.

c)

Hot air convects and form snows.

d)

Long winter

10.

Why did glaciers flow ?

a)

Force of gravity

b)

Pressure of the glacial's weight

c)

All of the above

11.

What is crevasses ?

a)
b)
c)
d)