Ice Age

Which word best describes the pattern of ice ages throughout Earth's history?

• Random

• Unpredictable

• Cyclical

• Unknown

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-4

NGSS.HS-ESS3-5

How is a glacier different from an ice sheet?

• Ice sheets are colder than glaciers

• Glaciers are moving rivers of ice; ice sheets are immobile slabs

• Glaciers form in the Northern Hemisphere; ice sheets form in the Southern Hemisphere.

• Ice sheets form during interglacial periods; glaciers form during ice ages

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

How are glaciations different from ice ages?

• Ice ages are longer and more intense

• Glaciations are shorter and more intense

• Ice ages are shorter and less intense

• Glaciations are longer and less intense

If you wanted to take a core sample of an ice sheet, what would you need?

• A glacier

• A very large freezer

• A thermometer

• A special drill

Which organisms were alive when New York State was last covered by a continental ice sheet?

• Eurypterus and Cooksonia

• Aneurophyton and Naples Tree

• mastodont and Beluga whale

• Coelophysis and Elliptocephala

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

A _____ is a mass of snow and ice that moves slowly over the land.

• moraine

• glacier

• till

• u-shaped valley

The chart shows several periods in the history of our planet where we entered an ice age. This goes with which of the following principles

• Random climate shifts

• Catastrophism

• Uniformitarianism

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-4

NGSS.HS-ESS3-5

A geological period (the Ice Age) lasting millions of years during which the Earth exhibited large glaciers and ice sheets

• Weather

• Climate

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

A ______ is a mass of ice that moves downhill due to its weight.

• Fjord

• Moraine

• Glacier

• Erratic

Which of the following geologic features was created by glaciers?

• The Mojave Desert

• The Great Lakes

• The Rocky Mountains

• The Gulf of Mexico

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2