Glaciers Quiz

What is a period of time when large areas of land are covered by ice?

• tundra

• ice age

• ice time

• stone age

Approximately how many years ago did the last ice age end?

• 10,000

• 20,000

• 40,000

• 100,000

What is a large mass of ice that forms on a mountain and flows down a slope?

• ice sheet

• glacier

• ice berg

• ice shelf

What is an ice sheet that flows into the ocean in places and floats while still attached to the land?

• ice sheet

• ice shelf

• iceberg

• glacial flow

What is the name for a large crack in a glacier?

• crevasse

• cravat

• fracture

• fault

Roughly how many years did the ice age last?

• 1,000

• 10,000

• 100,000

• 1,000,000

A giant glacier that covers a huge area of land is called an __________.

• iceberg

• ice sheet

• ice shelf

• ice age

Why was there more land during the last ice age?

• more water had evaporated   

• sea levels were lower

• sea levels were higher

• the oceans hadn’t finished forming

A cold region where the ground is deeply frozen and only the top layer thaws in summer is called __________.

• savanna

• arctic ice sheets

• taiga

• tundra

During the last ice age, approximately how much of Earth’s land was covered in ice?

• 10%

• 30%

• 60%

• 90%