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Melting Away

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  • What does melt mean?
    Turn to liquid.
  • What is an avalanche?
    When snow crashed down from a mountain
  • What happens to glaciers when the weather heats up?
    They melt.
  • What is causing the increase in carbon dioxide in the air?
    Cars, factories, industrialization.....teacher checks answer.
  • What is a glacier?
    A large body of ice that moves on land.
  • Which animals are effected by melting glaciers?
    Teacher checks answer
  • What does temperature mean?
    The hotness or coldness of something.
  • Why is cutting down trees such a problem?
    Carbon dioxide hangs around in the air.
  • What do the fish need to do when the reef dies?
    They need to find a new home.
  • What is an environmental report?
    Teacher checks answer.
  • What is happening to temperatures worldwide?
    They are rising.
  • What is global warming?
    Teacher checks answer.
  • What does atmosphere mean?
    The air and space surrounding earth.
  • How many degrees has the earth heated up since 1850?
    One degree Fahrenheit
  • How do people often describe glaciers?
    Rivers of ice
  • What is a reef?
    Chain of rocks or coral in the ocean.
  • What is happening to the colour of the reefs?
    They are turning white
  • How many glaciers are at the Glacier National Park?
    26
  • What do trees use carbon dioxide for?
    To make there own food.
  • What is soil?
    The dirt in which plants grow.
  • Who wrote Melting Away?
    Glen Phelan
  • What is happening to the number of penguins being born?
    They are dropping.
  • What issues are penguins facing?
    They are having a hard time finding a place to lay eggs
  • Complete the sentence. Water from the glacier has formed a new ____ in the park.
    lake.