The Ice Age Story — Questions and answers

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What did Felix's Dad call the scratches on the rocks?

Choices

  1. Grooves
  2. Scrapes
  3. Striations ✓
  4. Patterns

Answer: Striations

From page 2

What are the 'immense rivers of ice' described in the Swiss Alps called?

Choices

  1. Icebergs
  2. Glaciers ✓
  3. Snowdrifts
  4. Frozen streams

Answer: Glaciers

From page 3

What question fascinated Louis Agassiz about glaciers?

Choices

  1. How fast do glaciers melt?
  2. Where do glaciers come from?
  3. How could glaciers have shaped land they no longer touched? ✓
  4. What animals live on glaciers?

Answer: How could glaciers have shaped land they no longer touched?

From page 4

What was Louis Agassiz's groundbreaking idea that many scientists first refused to believe?

Choices

  1. That glaciers were actually giant rivers.
  2. That an 'Ice Age' once covered huge parts of Earth. ✓
  3. That mountains were made entirely of ice.
  4. That rocks could float on ice.

Answer: That an 'Ice Age' once covered huge parts of Earth.

From page 6

What did Felix realize caused the marks on the rock in Golden Gate Park?

Choices

  1. A giant animal's claws
  2. Humans trying to carve the rock
  3. A glacier scraping the rock along the ground ✓
  4. The wind and rain over many years

Answer: A glacier scraping the rock along the ground

From page 8

What did Felix's mom wonder about if all the ice from an Ice Age melted?

Choices

  1. How much hotter would the Earth get?
  2. Where did all the water go, and what did it do to the sea levels? ✓
  3. Would animals be able to find new homes?
  4. Could new continents be formed?

Answer: Where did all the water go, and what did it do to the sea levels?

From page 10