Welcome back to Green World,
As announced last week, we're starting our new monthly series: quizzes! This post contains the questions, you have to write down the answers and compare them with the solutions right at the bottom of this post.
As announced last week, we're starting our new monthly series: quizzes! This post contains the questions, you have to write down the answers and compare them with the solutions right at the bottom of this post.
Questions:
- True or False? The Arctic is not actually a land mass, it's a frozen ocean.
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How many people live in the Arctic circle?
a) 500 000
b) 4 million
c) 10 million - True or False? Narwals don't actually have unicorn-like horns. That's just a legend.
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What percentage of the world's freshwater is frozen within the Arctic's
ice?
a) 10%
b) 15%
c) 20% - True or False? The Arctic covers parts of 15 different countries.
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Scientists exploring Antarctica have measured winds of up to...
a) 100 km/h
b) 150km/h
c) 200km/h - True or False? The driest (natural) place on Earth is in Antarctica.
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If the Antarctic Sea Ice were to melt, how much would the global sea level
rise by?
a) 3.5m
b) 4.8m
c) 6.7m - True or False? Antarctica is home to an active volcano and lava lakes.
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Lake Vostok, a freshwater lake under the ice sheet, is buried beneath how
much ice?
a) 500m
b) 2km
c) 4km
We hope you enjoyed this little quiz and we'll see you next week.
Your Green World Blog Teamš
answers below
Answers:
- True, although there are islands scattered around.
- b) 4 million people live in the Arctic.
- False, male narwals do have a 3m unicorn-like horn, but its exact function is still not known for certain.
- a) 10% of the world's freshwater is frozen in the Arctic ice.
- False, the Arctic covers parts of 8 countries: Norway, Sweden, Finland, Russia, the US, Canada, Denmark and Iceland.
- c) Winds of up to 200km/h have been measured.
- True, the Dry Valleys have such low humidity that snow and ice cannot form.
- b) The global sea level would rise by 4.8m.
- True.
- c) Lake Vostok is buried under 4km of ice.
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