Antarctica

Question 1

Location

Answer 1

South of the antarctic circle
A large continent of landmass

Question 2

What is each ice sheet

Answer 2

Bigger than the british isles

Question 3

How mnay times bigger is Antarctica then the UK

Answer 3

60 X

Question 4

How much fresh water does Antarctica store

Answer 4

70%

Question 5

How much of Antactica covered in ice sheets

Answer 5

99%

Question 6

Physical geography

Answer 6

Unique continent
97% covered in ICE

Divided into
Western lesser Antarctica
Eastern Greater Antarctica

Question 7

What is UNIQUE about antarctica

Answer 7

Rich in minerals
Least populated continent in the world - Has no permenant residnets

Question 8

Average Temperature

Answer 8

-50 degrees

Question 9

Mean annual wind speed

Answer 9

80km/h

Question 10

Importance of phytoplankton

Answer 10

There are able to photosynthesise which will decrease the amount of carbon in the atmosphere
Baseline for all the marine life within the Antarctica - without them unique wildlife will die

Question 11

3 ways antractica is vulnerable

Answer 11

Growth of wilderness tourism
Requiremnets for food supply
New sources of natural resources

Question 12

What have tourism numbers done

Answer 12

Increased rapidly

Question 13

In 2019 how many tourists visited

Answer 13

170,000

Question 14

Threats in antarctica

Answer 14

Fishing and whaling

Climate Change

Exploiting resources

Tourism