Life With No Ice ❄️🚫 Flashcards
What are 2 MAIN causes sea levels to rise?
Thermale expansion when sea water’s volume increases and melting mountain glaciers
Name 1 thing that would happen if all the ice melted?
Displacement of millions, flooding of major buildings, loss lf agricultural land, loss of ecosystems, goverments under pressure lead to war, outbreak and diseases like collarer
What is the percentage of saltwater in the world?
97.5%
Where does this source of freshwater mainly come from?
Ice and glaciers (68-69%)
What is the phrase to help remeber to find grid references?
Along the corridor amd up the stairs
How is the ice melting
Earth is warming up/climate change
What are some consequences with the ice melting?
Tourism, flooded sewage systems, loss of habitat so loss of species, flooding, loss of land/loss of homes, death
