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SB SUPERB DAY 18

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  • What causes a reef to die ?
    A reef dies because rising temperatures cause coral polyps to die.
  • In your own words, tell why some glaciers are melting ?
    As summer temperatures rises and Earth warms up, glaciers start to melt.
  • Humans do things to cause global warming. List three details to support this.
    We cut down trees for paper and wood. We burn oil, coal, and natural gas. We dump loads of trash in landfills.
  • Why is the death of coral reefs bad for ocean life ?
    Fish can no longer live in these dead reefs so they must seek new homes or die as well.
  • What do the glaciers do to the landscape ?
    Glaciers transform the landscape by cutting away portions of mountains and carving out valleys.
  • How do melting glaciers affect wildlife ?
    The melting glaciers could push the wildlife out of their habitats
  • How do glaciers form ?
    Glaciers form after snow piles up over the years and the bottom layers turn into ice and begin to move downhill.
  • Over the Earth, temperatures are: A. Getting warmer B. Getting harder to measure C. Getting colder
    A