Antarctica Ice Quiz

A just-for-fun quiz on what you know about Antarctic ice, sea-ice, freshwater ice, how much there and where is it found?

Don't use the "See answer" box until AFTER you have completed the quiz and got your score, no peeking! You can then go back and see where you were right and where you were wrong.

Question 1:

What is the average thickness of the Antarctic ice sheet?





  
Question 2:

What is the greatest measured thickness of the Antarctic ice sheet?






  
Question 3:

Icebergs are made of:





  
Question 4:

What is a 'Growler' ?





  
Question 5:

What is a glacier?





  
Question 6:

When the sea-ice forms around Antarctica in the winter, how much bigger does it make Antarctica?





  
Question 7:

What are these three types of ice made of? 'glacier ice - fast ice - pack ice:





  
Question 8:

What is 'Pack ice' ?





  
Question 9:

How long does it take ice that falls as snow at the South Pole to reach the coast of Antarctica?






  
Question 10:

How big is the floating Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica?