Ice

Question 1

Glacier

Answer 1

Large body of snow and ice

Question 2

Ice sheets

Answer 2

If melted sea level rise by 10m. Layers of ice covers flat lands.
Examples: Antarctica, Greenland

Question 3

What are the natural causes of glacial retreat

Answer 3

Orbital change
Volcanic emissions
Sunspot theory

Question 4

Human cause of glacial retreat

Answer 4

Greenhouse gases

Fossil fuels

Question 5

Challenges of living in glacial areas

Answer 5

Permafrost (frozen ground)
Darkness/isolation
Extreme coldness

Question 6

Adaptation of living in glacial areas

Answer 6

Tourism (social)
Renewable energy (economical)
Creation of jobs (economical )

Question 7

Ice cores

Answer 7

Used as a record for past climate changes and ice ages

Question 8

Advance

Answer 8

A glacier is growing

Question 9

Retreat

Answer 9

A glacier retreating

Question 10

Ice caps

Answer 10

Mount Everest is one of the places which forms ice caps on high uplands. Regions with a very large amount of ice present

Question 11

Valley glaciers

Answer 11

Can develop anywhere on earth where the land is high and cold enough.

Question 12

Snow patches

Answer 12

Found on north facing slopes where there is less sunlight received to melt the ice. The smallest glaciers are little more than snow patches on mountain slides