Retreating Glaciers

Question 1

Glaciers disappeared from Scotland at the end of the last……………

Answer 1

Ice age

Question 2

The Columbia glacier has retreated by…km over the past 25 years

Answer 2

15

Question 3

In Alaska, of the 2000 glaciers observed,…% were retreating

Answer 3

99

Question 4

Europe’s glaciers are thought to have lost around a…..of their mass in the last 8 years

Answer 4

1/4

Question 5

Glaciers in the French Alps have lost about a…of their surface area since the 1970s.

Answer 5

1/4

Question 6

Where is glacier retreat worst on the French Alps

Answer 6

Southern Alps

More precipitation and cloud cover in the North

Question 7

Give a glacier in France

Answer 7

Mer De Glace

Question 8

What percentage of the MDG has remained stagnant and how many meters in thickness has it lost since 1995

Answer 8

12%

70m

Question 9

Give one glacier that is advancing

Answer 9

The Karakoram - a chain of mountains between India, Pakistan and China

Question 10

Glacier changes are dictated not only by…temperature changes, but also by…………..

Answer 10

Air

Precipitation

Question 11

Why is the Karakoram glacier advancing

Answer 11

Global warming = increased precipitation in the Himalayas
Receives most of this extra moisture in the winter, making it in the form of snow

very thick debris, insulating the ice

Question 12

The earth’s glaciers are melting so fast that many will disappear at the end of this………..

Answer 12

Century