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Final Jeopardy
$100 Question from Vocabulary
What is Albedo effect?
$100 Answer from Vocabulary
Reflectivy of the planet’s surface
$200 Question from Vocabulary
What is a forcing factor?
$200 Answer from Vocabulary
Feedback mechanisms such as ocean Temperature, currents, freshwaterFlow, outside that climate systemThat can either amplify or reduceThe impact of climate change
$300 Question from vocabulary
What is an ablation?
$300 Answer from vocabulary
The leading edge or “foot” ofA glacier
$400 Question from vocabulary
What is a moraine?.
$400 Answer from vocabulary
Any glacially formed accumulationOf unconsolidated glacial debris (soilAnd rock) which can occur in currentlyGlaciated and formerly glaciated regions
$500 Question from vocabulary
What are paleo proxies?
$500 Answer from vocabulary
Tree rings, and cores from corals,Ice caps, and glaciers that provide dataOn oscillations in global temperatures
$100 Question from Glaciers
A n ice tunnel within a glacier?
$100 Answer from Glacier
Moulin
$200 Question from Glacier
A crack in a glacier is called a…?
$200 Answer from Glacier
Crevasse
$300 Question from Glacier
What are formed when a Glacier reaches the sea and breaksUp into chunks?
$300 Answer from Glacier
Ice bergs---90% in under water
$400 Question from Glaciers
When a glacier reaches the seaWhat process happens?
$400 Answer from Glacier
Calving
$500 Question from Glaciers
If the ice were to melt on Greenland’s glaciers the global Sea level would rise….?
$500 Answer from Glaciers
20 feet
$100 Question from Arctic
What reservoir holds the greatest amountOf freshwater on Earth?
$100 Answer from Arctic
ICE---Ice sheets and Glaciers
$200 Question from Arctic
True or FalseThe NW Passage has been Ice free since 2007 during the summer?
$200 Answer from Arctic
TRUE
$300 Question from Arctic
Why is albedo effect importantTo the Arctic?
$300 Answer from Arctic
Without reflecting the solar Energy, more ice would melt
$400 Question from Arctic
List some physical features Of the Arctic…
$400 Answer from Arctic
The Arctic Ocean is surroundedBy continents, tundra ecosystem
$500 Question from Arctic
What are plants like in the Arctic?
$500 Answer from Arctic
Short, dwarf trees and plants;Dark in color to gather in as much Solar energy as possible;Fast grower
$100 Question from Antarctica
Where is most of the frozenFresh water on the planet located?
$100 Answer from Antarctica
Antarctica
$200 Question from Antarctica
True or False=Ice sheets in Antarctica canBe up to 3 miles thick?
$200 Answer from Antarctica
True
$300 Question from Antarctica
Name a physical featureThat Antarctica has that theArctic does not.
$300 Answer from Antarctica
Southern Ocean surroundsThe continent
$400 Question from Antarctica
What is the Human impactLike on Antarctica?
$400 Answer from Carbon Cycle
Only seasonal residents; noKnown humanoid group Historically lived there
$500 Question from Antarctica
What are the plants like in Antarctica?
$500 Answer from Antarctica
None to speak up, just algaeUnder the ice
$100 Question from Misc
What shaped valley typeIs created by glaciers?
$100 Answer from Misc
U-shaped
$200 Question from Misc
What is an erratic?
$200 Answer from Misc
A large rock that is carried on topOf a glacier and is deposited whenThe glacier recedes.
$300 Question from Misc
About what portion of the Earth’sLand area is covered by glaciers?
$300 Answer from Misc
5%
$400 Question from Misc
Of the 3% fresh water, howmuch fresh waterIs locked up in ice?
$400 Answer from Misc
77%
$500 Question from Misc
What is permafrost?
$500 Answer from Misc
Soil at or below the freezingPoint of water for two or More years—permanently frozensoil
Final Jeopardy
What is the human impact in the Arctic and Antarctica?
Final Jeopardy Answer
Arctic---drilling for oil; whale huntingAntarctica—minimal only 2,000 allowed on continent to conduct research