Post on 05-Jan-2016
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$100 Question Glacier
Name three types of glaciers
$100 Answer from Glaciers
PiedmontAlpineHanging ValleyIce Sheet
$200 Question from Glaciers
Glaciers travel by…….a)Feet by dayb)Inches by dayc)Miles by day
$200 Answer from Glaciers
Inches by day
$300 Question from Glaciers
What is a crack in the glacial ice called?
$300 Answer from Glaciers
Crevasse
$400 Question fromGlaciers
What are formed when a glacierReaches the sea and breaks up?
$400 Answer Glaciers
Ice bergs
$500 Question from Glaciers
When a glacier reaches the sea what process happens?
$500 Answer from Glaciers
Calving which creates ice bergs and Add volumes of water to the sea level
$100 Question Arctic
What is a tunnel in theIce called?
$100 Answer from Arctic
moulin
$200 Question from Arctic
What physical feature is differentFrom Antarctic about the Arctic?
Surrounded by land—Antarctic is Surrounded by ocean
$300 Question Arctic
$300 Question Arctic
How high would global sea level rise if Greenland’s glaciers were
to melt? 10, 20, 25, 25 feet?
$300 Answer Arctic
20 feet
$400 Question from Arctic
The Northwest Passage has been free of ice during the summer since
2007—True or False?
$400 Answer Arctic
True
$500 Question Arctic
Why is the Arctic considered “a canary in a cold mine” regardingGlobal warming?
$500 Answer Arctic
Higher latitudes are moreSensitive to changes in global temperatures
$100 Question Global Warming
What is the Albedo Effect?
$100 Answer Global Warming
It is the reflectivity of the Earth’sSurface –ability to reflect solar energy back into space
$200 Question Global Warming
Ice cores can identify atmospheric Conditions such as levelsOf CO2 from millions of yearsAgo---True or False?
$200 AnswerGlobal Warming
True
$300 Question Global Warming
Why is the Arctic warmer thanAntarctica?
$300 AnswerGlobal Warming
Arctic is influenced by the land masses and warm ocean currents
$400 Question Global Warming
What happens when sea ice melts?:
$400 Answer Global Warming
Nothing, as its volume of water is already displaced and part of the sea level.
$500 Question Global Warming
When a glacier melts and moves backwards (up the valley) it drops large amount of Debris including large rocks which are called what?
$500 Answer Global Warming
Erractics
$100 QuestionAntarctica
What does sea ice do?
$100 Answer Antarctica
It holds back the ice flow from the glaciers, called a Buttress (like a dam) to slow down the flow to the sea
$200 Question Antarctica
Where is most of the frozen water ofThe world located?
$200 Answer Antarctica
Antarctica
$300 Question Antarctica
Name two ways the basal level below the Glaciers are analyized?
$300 Answer Antarctica
Core samplesRemote sensing using sonar
$400 Question Antarctica
What are mountains called on Antarctica?
$400 Answer Antarctica
Nanatucks
$500 Question Antarctica
How deep can the ice sheets be On Antarctica?
$500 Answer Antarctica
Up to 2-3miles
$100 Question Misc
What happens when ice sheets melt?
$100 Answer Misc.
Sea levels rise
$200 Question Misc
What is the correct term for the
debris of rocks and soil carried along by glaciers and left behind when it
retreats is called?
$200 Answer Misc
Moraine
$300 Question Misc
What is a paleo proxie?
$300 Answer Misc
Tree rings and cores from corals, ice caps and glaciers acted upon by past
ice ages.
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$400 Question Misc
What is a forcing factor?
$400 Answer Msic.
Feedback mechanisms (such as ocean temperature, currents or
freshwater flow) outside the climate system that can either amplify or
reduce the impact of climate change
$500 Question Misc
What is the leading edge or “foot” of a glacier called?
$500 Answer Misc.
Ablation
Final Jeopardy
What is a long-term change in the Statistical distribution of weather patterns over periods of time called?
Final Jeopardy Answer
Climate Change