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