Greenhouse Effect
This natural process helps keep Earth warm by trapping heat from the Sun in the atmosphere.
What is the Greenhouse Effect
These gases trap heat in Earth’s atmosphere.
This continent is the coldest place on Earth.
What is Antarctica
Small plastic pieces found in oceans, ice, and even animals are called these.
What are microplastics
Without the greenhouse effect, Earth would be too ____ for most living things to survive.
What is cold
This greenhouse gas is released when cars burn gasoline.
What is carbon dioxide
Antarctica has no permanent residents, but many of these work there temporarily.
What are scientists
This word describes long-term patterns of temperature and weather, not daily conditions.
What is climate
This Norwegian explorer was the first person to reach the South Pole in 1911.
Who is Roald Amundsen
The greenhouse effect works by trapping this type of energy near Earth’s surface.
What is heat (or thermal energy)
This greenhouse gas comes from cows, landfills, and melting permafrost.
What is methane
Most of Antarctica is covered by this, which stores about 70% of the world’s fresh water.
What is ice
This is Ms. Sully's middle name
What is Lynne
This explorer led a famous Antarctic expedition where his ship Endurance became trapped in ice.
Who is Ernest Shackleton
The greenhouse effect becomes a problem when too much heat is trapped, leading to this global change.
What is climate change
This natural process removes carbon dioxide from the air using sunlight, water, and plants.
This natural process removes carbon dioxide from the air using sunlight, water, and plants.
This type of animal lives in Antarctica and is famous for huddling to stay warm.
What are penguins
The name of the ship students will sail on to Antarctica is this
What is the National Geographic Explorer
This type of modern Antarctic explorer documents science and wildlife to educate the public through photos and film (like Hassan Bayyan).
What is a science communicator
The greenhouse effect is like the Earth putting on a _________.
This greenhouse gas is released when frozen ground thaws in polar regions, making climate change happen faster.
What is methane
Melting ice in Antarctica can affect people around the world by raising this.
What is sea level
How much snow will we get this weekend?
A million feet
Long before modern Antarctic expeditions, these Pacific Islander explorers used stars, ocean currents, and wildlife to navigate vast oceans, proving advanced exploration did not begin in Europe.
What are Polynesian Navigators