Where Sea Ice Is Found
Is Sea Ice located on a body of water?
Yes
How does sea ice affect earth’s temperature?
The presence of sea ice makes the ocean cooler.
Where is sea ice found?
Sea Ice is mainly found on ocean surfaces mainly in polar regions such as the arctic ocean, or Antarctica.
Why does the presence of sea ice change the earth's temperature?
It reflects some radiation from the sun, making it so that radiation does not warm up the ocean as much as it would.
What is sea ice?
Ice found mainly in polar regions that forms under cold conditions and can reflect radiation.
How does sea ice affect energy transfer?
It affects energy transfer so that the radiation from the sun cannot transfer energy to certain surfaces, but it also prevents greenhouse gases from trapping some of the heat.
How does sea ice being in the ocean affect sea levels?
If sea ice melts, sea levels aren’t affected.
Give a detailed response on the entire process of sea ice’s temperature and sea level effects.
The sun emits radiation, and some of that radiation reaches earth. If the radiation reaches earth but sea ice is present, the sea ice can reflect that radiation, and energy transfer from the radiation to the earth won’t happen. Since radiation usually makes the earth warmer but it’s being reflected off of earth, oceans would be cooler.