Antarctica Animals
Antarctica Facts
Antarctica Climate
Antarctica Landforms
Antarctica Locations
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What is the largest penguin in Antarctica called?
A) Emperor Penguin
B) King Penguin
C) Royal Penguin
A) Emperor Penguin
100
What is Antarctica mostly known for?
A) The North Pole
B) The South Pole
C) The West Pole
B) The South Pole
100
True or False: A few areas in the Eastern Antarctica region are free from ice for part of the year?
A) True
B) False
A) True
100
Antarctica is an uninhabited landmass covered in permanently frozen ground called what?
A) Icebergs and Glaciers
B) Permafrost
C) Tundra
B) Permafrost
100
Where can you watch penguins leap out of the water onto the ice, and see them feed on fish, krill, and squid in the ocean?
A) Amery Ice Shelf
B) Mount Vernon
C) In the movies
A) Amery Ice Shelf
200
What animal living in the Southern Ocean is black and white colored?
A) Killer Whales
B) Norwal Whale
C) Sea Lions
A) Killer Whales
200
True or False: Since Antarctica was discovered in 1820, many of the animals are not afraid of the few people they see?
A) True
B) False
A) True
200
Most of Antarctica gets how much of snowfall each year?
A) Less than 2 Inches
A) Less than 20 Inches
A) Less than 200 Inches
Less than 2 Inches
200
The Onyx River is the longest river in Antarctica. How long is it?
A) 20 Miles Long
B) 120 Miles Long
C) 320 Miles Long
A) Only 20 Miles Long
200
Rising up to 16,050 feet, what is the highest peak in Antarctica.
A) Anver's Island
B) Mount Vinson
C) Santa's Southern Workshop
B) Mount Vinson
300
What animal is known for having two big teeth; like a vampire?
A) An Emperor Penguin
B) A Killer Whale
C) A Walrus
C) A Walrus
300
True or False: Due to harsh, below-freezing weather, there are no countries or cities on Antarctica, and every year there are approximately 4,000 visitors?
A) True
B) False
A) True
300
What is it called when an enormous chunk of ice breaks off a thick ice shelf and becomes an iceberg?
A) Calving
B) Chipping
C) Shaving
A) Calving
300
Most cruises to the continent travel to the Antarctic Peninsula, which is the part of the continent closest to South America. This area is known for the Lemaire Channel and Paradise Harbor. Both of these water passages are flanked by spectacular what?
A) Icebergs
B) Research Stations
C) Dancing Penguins
A) Icebergs
300
What huge floating platform of ice (about the size of France), is several hundred feet thick?
A) Amery Ice Shelf
B) Ross Ice Shelf
C) Wilkes Land
B) Ross Ice Shelf
400
What is the name for a type of seal that looks like a completely different animal?
A) Elephant Seal
B) Leopard Seal
C) Presidential Seal
A) Elephant Seal
400
Of the 7 continents on Earth, how big is Antarctica compared with the other 6?
A) It is the 4th Biggest
B) It is the 5th Biggest
C) It is the 6th Biggest
B) Antarctica is the 5th biggest Continent
400
True or False: If you are using a standard compass and are approaching the South Magnetic Pole, the compass needle will try to point downward?
A) True
B) False
A) True
400
True or False: The Antarctic Desert covers 8.5 million square miles and is the largest desert in the world?
A) True
B) False
A) True
400
A few thousand scientists study astronomy, wildlife, climate change, and other areas of science in research stations for only half of the year. Where on Antarctica are the research stations located?
A) Anver's Island
B) The South Pole
B) On the Internet
A) Anver's Island
500
What animated movie has a bunch of singing and dancing emperor penguins in it?
A) Eight Below
B) Happy Feet
C) March of the Penguins
C) Happy Feet
500
In what year was Antarctica officially discovered?
A) 1492
B) 1621
C) 1820
C) 1820
500
The coldest temperature ever recorded worldwide was at Antarctica's South Pole. What was the temperature?
A) -64.6 Degrees
B) -98.4 Degrees
C) -128.6 Degrees
C) -128.6 Degrees
500
Some of the ice shelves in Antarctica can rise how many feet above the water?
A) 10 feet
B) 100 feet
C) 1000 feet
C) 1000 feet
500
Of Antarctica's almost 400 known subglacial lakes, what is the name of the largest of these lakes?
A) Lake Superior
B) Lake Vostok
C) L.A. Lakers
B) Lake Vostok
