Social Studies 1103

in 1963 an underwater volcanic eruption created the island of (Lake, Surtsey, Nuuk, Reykjavik)

surtsey

Greenland has no native( animals, birds, flowers, trees)

trees

The sun shines blank hours a day during the summer in both Greenland and Iceland, but if it never directly overhead.

24

(50, 75, 80, 90) percent of Greenland is covered by a sheet.

80

Ronald ________ was the first person to reach the (north, south) pole

Amundsen------South

A hole in the ozone layer appears and disappears during each (Arctic, Antarctic) spring

Antarctic

The ______ is a narrow, mountainous ridge that extends 800 miles northward from Antarctica into the ocean

Antarctic Peninsula

Greenland was originally settled by in (Inuits, Norseman, Norwegians, Spaniards)

Inuits

Disputes between Iceland and (Norway, Sweden, Greenland, Great Britain) over exclusive (mining, oil, fishing, water) rights were known as the Cod Wars.

great britain......fishing

The (Labrador Current, Greenland Current, North Atlantic Current,Gulf Stream) warms the coasts of Iceland, causing Iceland to be warmer than Greenland

gulf stream

permanent ice cover that slopes down from high center

ice cap

ice that calves fro glaciers and surrounds Antarctica

ice floes

thick, permanent ice cover that is larger than 20,000 share miles

ice sheet

ninety nine percent of Earth's ______ and two-thirds of Earth's fresh ______ are contained in the Antarctic ice sheet

ice.....water

Because of its many glaciers and hot springs, ______ is called the and of frost and fire

iceland

Since education is a priority, Iceland has almost no ________

iliteracy

the location of the 50F degree summer (solstices, equinox isotherm, latitude) marks the country of an area with an average summer temperature of 50F degrees

isotherm

( Jacobshavn , Byrd, Lambert, Amundsen) glacier, one of the fastest moving glaciers, reaches the see-through ice Ford on the coast of Greenland

jacobshavn

areas of water between sheets of drifting ice

leads

The magnetic poles move as Earth's _______ field changes, but a compass needle will always point to the magnetic north pole

magnetic

Tectonic activity under the (Mid-Atlantic, Eurasian, North American, Asian) Ridge, a _______ that crosses Iceland, causes many earthquakes and volcanoes

mid-atlantic........fault line

Many Arctic mammals _________toward the south during winter

migrate

The arctic is the source of much of the weather that affects the ( Northern, southern, eastern ,western) hemisphere

northern

the primary purpose for exploring the arctic ocean was to discover a blank -a shortcut route from Europe to the orient.

northwest passage

peaks that project from glacial ice

nunataks

in 1991 an agreement was made to ban mining and (mineral, fossil, oil, scientific) exploration in Antarctica for (40,50,60,75) years

oil......50

frozen seawater

pack ice

Iceland Althing is the words's oldest (parliament church, school, city)

parliament

Robert E. (Lee, cook, peary, Amundsen), Mathew a. Henson, and four Inuit were the first men to reach the blank pole

peary...north

(plankton, lemming, flora, cod) are small plants and animals that provide food for sea creatures

plankton

Iceland is largely a rugged, barren (valley, plain, plateau, desert), and the only habitable areas are the coastal lowlands

plateau

ice formations created when currents, tides, or winds fold the ice

pressure ridges

ice formation created when one piece of ice slides over another

rafted ice

the geographic poles mark the stationary points about which Earth ________

rotates

Iceland is sparsely populated, primarily by people of (German, British, Scandinavian, Asian) ancestry, most of whom live in (rural, urban) areas

scandinavian......urban

During winter (miners, explorers, scientists, hunters) and support teams living at semipermanent bases are the only human population in Antarctica

scientist

Mount ( Surtsey, Jakobshavn, Erebus, Surtsey, Vinson Massif) Mountains provide a division between East Antarctica and West Antarctica

Erebus

geographers usually define the Arctic as the region within the ________

arctic circle

The (reindeer, polar bear, wolverine, Arctic fox) is the only land mammal native to Iceland

arctic fox

process by which icebergs break off from glaciers

calving

on an azimuthal projection of the arctic, the geographic north pole is at the (top, bottom, center, left) and east would be in a (clockwise, counterclockwise) direction

center,......counterclockwise

Antarctica is the (wettest, coldest, largest, calmest) area on Earth

coldest

The arctic is a cold (plateau, basin, fiord, desert) with an arid climate

desert

Iceland's major natural resources are (fish, coal, oil, fruit) and ______ which is used to create geothermal heat and hydroelectric power

fish.....water

Greenland economy is based on hunting (mining, fishing, farming, tourism) and fish processing.

fishing

large deposits of ________fuels and minerals ae found in the arctic

fossil

Arctic trees and shrubs are smaller and more (heat, frost, drought, disease) resistant than plants farther south

frost

______ heated water is used in about (17, 30, 70, 90) percent of the homes in Iceland for hot water and for heating

geothermal ......90

Large mass of ice that flows slowly across land

glacier

Greenland is self governing administrative district of (Norway, Sweden, Germany, Denmark).

Denmark

( Iceland, Greenland, Ellesmere, Hawaii) is the largest island on earth.

Greenland

(Matthew, Henson, James ross, James cook, Richard Byrd) was the first person to sail around Antarctica

James Cook

_____ is the largest body of floating ice on Earth

Ross Ice Shelf

The (transantarctic, Erebus, Surtsey, Vinson Massif ) mountains provide a divsion between East Antarctica and West Antarctica

Transantarctic

The coldest temperature ever recorded on Earth was at (Amery, Vostok, Ross, Victoria) Station

Vostok