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Frozen water on Earth

2nd grade (Year 3 in England) · 16 questions · Common Core: NGSS.2-ESS2-3 · England: KS1 Geography links, KS2 Y4 States of matter

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Question 1
Glaciers in the Alps and the Rockies are shrinking. What is the main reason?
- A. Earth's climate is getting warmer.
- B. It is snowing too much.
- C. The mountains are growing.
- D. People are taking the ice home.
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Question 2
True or false? Ice floats on water.
- A. True
- B. False
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Question 3
Which description matches an ice sheet?
- A. ice that covers a whole land area, like Antarctica
- B. soft ice crystals that fall from clouds
- C. a big piece of ice floating in the sea after breaking off a glacier
- D. a layer of frozen seawater on the ocean surface
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Question 4
Is an iceberg made of salt water or fresh water?
- A. salt water, because it is in the sea
- B. fresh water, because it broke off a glacier made from snow
- C. it has no water in it
- D. it is made of sugar
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Question 5
True or false? Glaciers move very slowly downhill.
- A. True
- B. False
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Question 6
Which description matches snow?
- A. a big piece of ice floating in the sea after breaking off a glacier
- B. ice that covers a whole land area, like Antarctica
- C. thin ice crystals that form on cold surfaces overnight
- D. soft ice crystals that fall from clouds
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Question 7
Why does most of an iceberg stay hidden under the water?
- A. Fish hold it down.
- B. Ice is only a little lighter than water, so it floats low.
- C. Icebergs are shy.
- D. Ice sinks to the bottom.
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Question 8
True or false? Ice floats on water.
- A. True
- B. False
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Question 9
Which description matches an iceberg?
- A. soft ice crystals that fall from clouds
- B. thin ice crystals that form on cold surfaces overnight
- C. a layer of frozen seawater on the ocean surface
- D. a big piece of ice floating in the sea after breaking off a glacier
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Question 10
Why do towns near glaciers care if the glaciers melt away?
- A. Glaciers keep the towns warm.
- B. They do not care at all.
- C. Glaciers make the towns bigger.
- D. Glacier meltwater fills their rivers in summer.
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Question 11
True or false? Ice floats on water.
- A. True
- B. False
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Question 12
Which description matches a glacier?
- A. thin ice crystals that form on cold surfaces overnight
- B. a layer of frozen seawater on the ocean surface
- C. a huge river of ice that slowly slides downhill
- D. a big piece of ice floating in the sea after breaking off a glacier
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Question 13
Why does most of an iceberg stay hidden under the water?
- A. Ice sinks to the bottom.
- B. Icebergs are shy.
- C. Fish hold it down.
- D. Ice is only a little lighter than water, so it floats low.
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Question 14
True or false? Antarctica is covered by a huge ice sheet.
- A. True
- B. False
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Question 15
Which description matches snow?
- A. a big piece of ice floating in the sea after breaking off a glacier
- B. a layer of frozen seawater on the ocean surface
- C. thin ice crystals that form on cold surfaces overnight
- D. soft ice crystals that fall from clouds
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Question 16
Is an iceberg made of salt water or fresh water?
- A. fresh water, because it broke off a glacier made from snow
- B. it is made of sugar
- C. salt water, because it is in the sea
- D. it has no water in it

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