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Final Jeopardy

$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