Effects
Causes
Global Warming
Fun Fact
Pot Pourri
100
What is the main effect of melting ice caps...
Rising water levels
100
Name 2 causes of the melting ice caps...
Global warming, running water, changing wind patterns.
100
What is the largest single block of ice in the Arctic...
The Ward Hunt Ice Shelf.
100
How much of all land does glacial ice cover...
11%.
100
What colour is a white tiger...
White.
200
What animal is effected...
Polar Bear
200
How could wind effect the ice caps...
The wind picks away at the ice, taking off small pieces and chunks.
200
How long had the Ward Hunt Ice shelf been around before it started cracking...
3000 Years.
200
If all the glaciers melted right now, how much would sea levels rise...
230 feet, or 70 meters.
200
What are the three primary colours...
red, green, yellow.
300
How do the melting ice caps effect polar bears...
They can not always find land other that the ice to stand on, with out the ice caps there is less land to walk on.
300
Why does the water below cause the ice to melt faster...
The water below corrodes at the remaining ice.
300
How much is the area of permanent ice cover contracting each decade...
About 9%.
300
During the last ice age, how much lower or higher were water levels...
122 meters or 400 feet lower.
300
What colour is Darth Vadors light saber...
Red.
400
How much do some scientists believe the water levels will rise by the year 2100...
About 3 feet.
400
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400
How long could it be before summers in the Arctic become ice free...
Less than 90 years. By the end of the century.
400
During the last dry spell, how much lower or higher were sea levels...
18 feet or 5.5 meters higher.
400
What is 112 x 8....
896.
500
How do the ice caps melting effect food production around the globe...
The changing temperatures may make it hard to grow certain crops.
500
How big is the area covered by sea ice in the North pole...
9-12 million kilometers.
500
Since what year has the Summer Polar Ice Cap shrunk more than 20%...
1979.
500
70% of the earths fresh water is trapped where....
Antarctic Ice Sheet.
500
True or False.. Kathleen and Sally have the same birthday...
True.
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