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Arctic and AntarcticReview Glacier Arctic Global Warm Antarctic Misc Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Q $200 Q $200 Q $200 Q $200 Q $200 Q $300 Q $300 Q $300 Q $300 Q $300 Q $400 Q $400 Q $400 Q $400 Q $400 Q $500 Q $500 Q $500 Q $500 Q $500 Final Jeopardy

$100 Question Glacier Name three types of glaciers

$100 Answer from Glaciers Piedmont Alpine Hanging Valley Ice Sheet

$200 Question from Glaciers • Glaciers travel by……. • Feet by day • Inches by day • Miles by day

$200 Answer from Glaciers Inches by day

$300 Question from Glaciers What is a crack in the glacial ice called?

$300 Answer from Glaciers Crevasse

$400 Question fromGlaciers What are formed when a glacier Reaches the sea and breaks up?

$400 Answer Glaciers Ice bergs

$500 Question from Glaciers When a glacier reaches the sea what process happens?

$500 Answer from Glaciers Calving which creates ice bergs and Add volumes of water to the sea level

$100 Question Arctic What is a tunnel in the Ice called?

$100 Answer from Arctic moulin

$200 Question from Arctic What physical feature is different From Antarctic about the Arctic?

$300 Question Arctic Surrounded by land—Antarctic is Surrounded by ocean

$300 Question ArcticHow high would global sea level rise if Greenland’s glaciers were to melt? 10, 20, 25, 25 feet?

$300 Answer Arctic20 feet

$400 Question from ArcticThe Northwest Passage has been free of ice during the summer since 2007—True or False?

$400 Answer ArcticTrue

$500 Question Arctic Why is the Arctic considered “a canary in a cold mine” regarding Global warming?

$500 Answer Arctic Higher latitudes are more Sensitive to changes in global temperatures

$100 Question Global Warming What is the Albedo Effect?

$100 Answer Global Warming It is the reflectivity of the Earth’s Surface –ability to reflect solar energy back into space

$200 Question Global Warming Ice cores can identify atmospheric Conditions such as levels Of CO2 from millions of years Ago---True or False?

$200 AnswerGlobal Warming True

$300 Question Global Warming Why is the Arctic warmer than Antarctica?

$300 AnswerGlobal Warming Arctic is influenced by the land masses and warm ocean currents

$400 Question Global Warming What happens when sea ice melts?:

$400 Answer Global Warming Nothing, as its volume of water is already displaced and part of the sea level.

$500 Question Global Warming When a glacier melts and moves backwards (up the valley) it drops large amount of Debris including large rocks which are called what?

$500 Answer Global Warming Erractics

$100 QuestionAntarctica What does sea ice do?

$100 Answer Antarctica It holds back the ice flow from the glaciers, called a Buttress (like a dam) to slow down the flow to the sea

$200 Question Antarctica Where is most of the frozen water of The world located?

$200 Answer Antarctica Antarctica

$300 Question Antarctica Name two ways the basal level below the Glaciers are analyized?

$300 Answer Antarctica Core samples Remote sensing using sonar

$400 Question Antarctica What are mountains called on Antarctica?

$400 Answer Antarctica Nanatucks

$500 Question Antarctica How deep can the ice sheets be On Antarctica?

$500 Answer Antarctica Up to 2-3miles

$100 Question MiscWhat happens when ice sheets melt?

$100 Answer Misc. Sea levels rise

$200 Question MiscWhat is the correct term for the debris of rocks and soil carried along by glaciers and left behind when it retreats is called?

$200 Answer MiscMoraine

$300 Question MiscWhat is a paleo proxie?

$300 Answer MiscTree rings and cores from corals, ice caps and glaciers acted upon by past ice ages. .

$400 Question MiscWhat is a forcing factor?

$400 Answer Msic.Feedback mechanisms (such as ocean temperature, currents or freshwater flow) outside the climate system that can either amplify or reduce the impact of climate change

$500 Question MiscWhat is the leading edge or “foot” of a glacier called?

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