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Inside B - Unit 8 - Melting Away - RC

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How was Glacier National Park formed?

Giant sheets of ice carved the rocks.

Rocks carved the ice.

Small pieces of ice carved the rocks.

Jagged ridges carved the rocks.

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The melting of Grinnell Glacier has caused the forming of a ...

new mountain

new valley

new lake

huge snow pile

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All over the Earth, temperatures are

causing glaciers to form

getting colder

getting harder to measure

getting warmer

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Global warming can affect grizzly bears by

covering their territory in ice

making them overheat in their thick fur

burying them in avalanches

pushing them out of certain areas

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How is global warming affecting penguins?

Penguins numbers are increasing.

Global warming has not yet affected penguins

Penguins now have to lay their eggs in snow

Penguins now have to lay their eggs on dry land

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What causes more snowfall in the Antarctic and Arctic?

growing amounts of sea ice.

colder temperatures

fewer clouds

melting sea ice

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How has Arctic ice changed since 1979?

The ice covers more of the Arctic.

Large amounts of ice have melted.

There has been no change to the ice.

The ice has grown thicker.

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When the water near a reef becomes too warm, then

coral polyps die and so does the reef.

the reef grows too quickly

too many fish dart around the reef

coral polyps eat the reef

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What do cars and factories use, which give off carbon dioxide?

steel and glass

trees and wood

wind and water power

oil, coal and natural gas

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Trash in landfills makes the Earth warmer by...

producing methane gas

trapping warm air in the ground

producing carbon dioxide

covering up cool dirt.

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Rising temperatures and water shortages are causing huge

floods

earthquakes

tornadoes

wildfires

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What is the main problem polar bears face because of global warming?

They could die from lack of food.

Many will drown in melting ice.

Polar bears' homes will melt.

Many will die two to three weeks earlier than before.

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How does global warming affect the threat of malaria?

There are fewer mosquitoes to spread it

There are more mosquitoes to spread it

Malaria has become less deadly.

Mosquitoes cannot carry malaria in warmer weather.

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All of these changes show that global warming

only affects certain parts of Earth

affects animals but not humans

will soon disappear.

is a serious problem for Earth.

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A part of a place is called an..

area.

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The air that surrounds Earth is called...

the atmosphere

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