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QuizMultiple Choice

Glaciers

Question 8 • FHS 2016 TX-Earth and Space Science

Present day glaciers are found primarily in _______________.

Answer
A
Canada and Greenland
B
Canada and Iceland
C
Antarctica and Greenland
D
Antarctica and Iceland

Explanation

Most of Earth’s present-day glacier ice is concentrated in the two enormous ice sheets: Antarctica and Greenland. Glaciers also occur in Canada and Iceland, but those regions do not contain the vast majority of the world’s glacier ice. Therefore, the correct choice is Antarctica and Greenland.

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