Glaciers Quiz How much do you remember?

1. How much of the world’s ice is in Antarctica? 2. Where’s Africa’s ice? 3. How do volcanoes make the world cooler? 4. What was the last Ice Age called? 5. True of false? The UK & France were once joined ANSWERS  90% (1 marks)  Kenya (1)  Ash clouds stop some sunlight (1)  The Pleistocene (1)  True (1) Round 1

6. Where and when was the Iceman found? 7. Where are the best ice cores found? 8. What is the coldest temperature ever recorded and where? 9. Which animal has two layers of fur? 10. What is the name for frozen ground? ANSWERS 6. Austria, 1991 (2) 7. Antarctica (1) C in Canada (2) 9. Caribou (1) 10. Permafrost (1) Round 2

11. Name the glacier that has been wrapped in plastic 12. Water supplies in Asia come from which glaciated region? 13. What word that begins with an “R” is the opposite of a hazard? 14. Name 5 glacial landforms 15. Name 2 ice erosion processes ANSWERS ANSWERS  Gurschen (1)  Himalayas (or Tibet) (1)  Resource (1)  Pyramidal peak, corrie, arete, U-shaped valley, roche moutonnee (5)  Plucking & abrasion (2) Round 3

16. Melting of Greenland’s ice would cause sea-level to rise by how much? 17. Name three places that have a high risk of sea-level rise (clue: B- and V- and the M- islands) 18. Which continent has the most people living there who are threatened by the disappearance of glaciers? ANSWERS ANSWERS  7 metres (1)  Bangladesh, Venice, Maldives (3)  Asia! (1) Total: 27 marks Round 4

1. What’s this? ANSWER  Arctic wolf footprints! Bonus question (for tie-breakers) © Carole Rawlinson/Royal Geographical Society