Ice Age: The Meltdown

From Tim's explanation about interglacial periods, what can you conclude about the prefix "inter-?"

• It means "between"

• It means "cold"

• It means "age"

• It means "glacier"

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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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

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What can you conclude from the fact that animals that live in the tropics have been known to live in areas currently covered in ice?

• There used to be many more animals alive on the earth in the past than there are today

• Over many millions of years, the earth's climate has been extremely dynamic

• The tectonic plates connecting Canada and the United States were once separated

• Animals that used to be warm-blooded have evolved into cold-blooded animals

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

• Random

• Unpredictable

• Cyclical

• Unknown

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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

What is the primary cause of the Ice Age: The Meltdown in terms of climate science?

• Greenhouse gas emissions

• Volcanic eruptions

• Solar flares

• Ocean currents

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