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Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 7mins
The more than 1,150-mile Iditarod Sled Dog Race begins in Anchorage and ends in which Alaskan city?
Juneau
Nome
Fairbanks
In which South American nation do pilgrims trek to a glacier to gather sacred ice during the festival of Qoyllur Riti?
Peru
Chile
Argentina
The polar bear, one of the world's few all-white mammals, is strictly carnivorous and unafraid of humans. Scientists study the animals on Wrangel Island, in what ocean?
Atlantic
Antarctic
Arctic
Pacific
What island, the world's largest and a part of Denmark, hosts a Snow Festival that has been recently changed to an Ice Sculpting Festival as a result of global climate changes?
Greenland
Iceland
Ellesmere
At Gemsstock ski resort, a portion of the Gurschen glacier was covered in foil to protect it from melting. In what European country is the resort located?
Austria
Switzerland
Germany
What Canadian province is home to the Rideau Canal, the world's largest naturally frozen rink?
Ontario
Alberta
British Columbia
About how many snow producing storms does the US experience each year, on average?
54
88
105
210
Let's say you had a bucket piled 10 inches high with snow. If you heated the bucket until the snow melted, how high would the water be?
10 inches
1 inch
5 inches
Snow subjected to direct sunlight won't melt quickly. Why?
Because it cools the air around it, which impedes melting
Snow reflects the sun's rays
The snow's crystal structure makes it resistant to melting
A snow crystal's shape is determined principally by:
temperature
wind speed
moisture content
altitude
TRUE OR FALSE:
Snowflakes always have six sides.
TRUE
FALSE
The largest snowflake ever discovered was about the size of a dinner plate.
TRUE
FALSE
TRUE OR FALSE
No known species of reindeer can fly.
TRUE
FALSE
What traditional Christmas decoration is actually a parasitic plant?
pine tree
mistletoe
boughs of holly
