Glaciers
Ice Caps/Ice Bergs
Permafrost
Snowpack
Random!
100

Glaciers in Glacier National park are receeding, why?

Less snow each year to protect them from melting, climate change, warmer winters

100

How are icebergs formed?

They break off of glaciers and fall into the ocean

100

permafrost primarily exists in what type of biome?

Tundra

100

What can happen when a snow pack is unstable?

An avalanche!

100

What do you call a group of giraffes?

A tower

200

Two things glaciers need to form:

Cold temperatures and snow

200

True or false: Ice caps form on both water and land

True

200

What state has the most permafrost?

Alaska!

200

What could happen if a snowpack only reaches 60% of its average amount?

- droughts

- increased fires

- crappy skiing

200

Ms. Daman's favorite costume to wear skiing? hint: it's a fruit

Banana suit

300

Where is fox glacier located?

Ms. Daman climbed this glacier in 2010! (And got reaaaaally sunburned). 

New Zealand!


300

How do icebergs benefit wildlife?

Penguins use them as platforms to fish off of

fish use them as cover 

seals rest on them

polar bears use them to hunt from

300

how long must soil be frozen to be classified as permafrost?

2 years

300

Where can you find the deepest snow packs?

In areas without trees

300

Ms. Daman's favorite comedy show


400

Glaciers cover roughly what percent of the earth's surface?

10%

400

What is the ratio of iceberg above water to iceberg below water? 

about 1:10

400

What is permafrost?

A layer of soil that remains permanently frozen throughout the year

400

Name one benefit of snowpacks

- skiing the pow!

- decreases likelihood of forest fires

- provides freshwater when it melts

- habitat for wildlife

400

What is the abbreviation for trinitrotoluene?

TNT

500

How is a glacier different from a snowpack?

Glaciers take a lot longer to form. In a glacier, the snow has compacted to the point of becoming ice

500

How is climate change, and warming ocean temperature, affecting the people of Barrow, Alaska?

- ice forms later each year = shorter hunting season

- Ice is weaker

- can't hunt whales/fish as easily


500

How much did permafrost (across the globe) warm in the 20th century?

6 degrees

500

What forces the snow flakes in a snowpack to pack together?

gravity and the weight of new snow falling on old snow
500

What sport is this? bonus 100 for the event name


Timber sports; Bowsaw

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