Greenland - Glacial Landscape

Question 1

What % of Greenland is ice cover

Answer 1

80%

Question 2

What is the population density in the southwest

Answer 2

0.14 people per square km

Question 3

When was Greenland given its own government

Answer 3

1979

Question 4

What is Greenland a territory of

Answer 4

Denmark

Question 5

What % of the population are native

Answer 5

88%

Question 6

What % of the population are of European descent

Answer 6

12%

Question 7

What are the Greenland natives known as

Answer 7

Inuit

Question 8

What 4 large mammals are found in Greenland

Answer 8

Polar bears, reindeer, arctic fox and whales

Question 9

What % of global ice is in Greenland

Answer 9

10%

Question 10

What was the average ice loss per year from 1992 to 2001

Answer 10

34 gigs tonnes per year

Question 11

What was the average ice loss from 2002 to 2011

Answer 11

215 gigatonnes

Question 12

How much does Greenland contribute to sea level rising

Answer 12

0.33mm per year

Question 13

How much would the sea level rise if the entire Greenland ice sheet melted

Answer 13

7m

Question 14

What 5 major cities would flood if the ice sheet melted

Answer 14

Boston, Los Angeles, London, New York and Shanghai

Question 15

What state in the USA would become submerged if the ice sheet melted

Answer 15

Florida

Question 16

What 2 countries would disappear if the ice sheet melted

Answer 16

Bangladesh and the Maldives

Question 17

What is a large resource that is not used in Greenland

Answer 17

Hydroelectricity

Question 18

What 3 things do the natives use the landscape for

Answer 18

Hunting, fishing and herding

Question 19

What 2 precious metals are found in Greenland

Answer 19

Gold and rubies

Question 20

What impact does melting ice have

Answer 20

Decreased albedo affect

Question 21

What is the albedo affect

Answer 21

When ice and snow reflect solar radiation and reduce the temperature of the area

Question 22

What do the ice layers contain that scientists want to study

Answer 22

Gases, pollen, dust and water from past climates

Question 23

How old is the oldest ice in Greenland

Answer 23

Millions of years

Question 24

What 4 economic resources can be found within the ice

Answer 24

Oil, gas, metals and minerals

Question 25

What major industry if bringing economic growth to Greenland and in what form

Answer 25

Tourist industry in the form of cruise ships

Question 26

What forms of industrial activity are growing in Greenland

Answer 26

Oil and gas exploration and marines shipping

Question 27

What 3 impact does increasing fishing have on the area

Answer 27

Increased risk of marine pollution, overfishing and the introduction of new invasive species

Question 28

What new commercial shipping route has opened due to retesting ice

Answer 28

North west passage from the pacific to the Atlantic

Question 29

How much faster is Greenland losing ice than in 1990

Answer 29

7 times

Question 30

How many people live within 1m of current high tides

Answer 30

250 million

Question 31

How much as the arctic temperature increased

Answer 31

0.75 C

Question 32

What is the Imbie assessment

Answer 32

11 satellite missions flown from 1992 to 2018

Question 33

How much ice did Greenland lose during the Imbie assessment

Answer 33

3.8trillion tonnes

Question 34

What was the ice loss in the early 90s

Answer 34

1mm per decade

Question 35

What is the current ice loss

Answer 35

7mm per decade

Question 36

How much ice does Greenland lose per year

Answer 36

250billion tonnes

Question 37

What did temperatures reach in Ilulissat

Answer 37

The high 20 celcius