Starter quiz
- Where is the South Pole located?
- Antarctica ✓
- Arctic
- Europe
- Africa
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- What is the Earth's axis?
- An imaginary line which surrounds Earth.
- An imaginary straight line through Earth around which Earth rotates. ✓
- A pole which comes out of the surface of Earth.
- A line of latitude.
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- What is solar energy?
- Light heat that comes from the sun's rays. ✓
- Energy from the moon.
- Energy from the centre of Earth.
- Energy from burning coal.
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- Why does the Antarctic have periods of the year when the sun never sets?
- Because the Antarctic is closer to the sun.
- The Antarctic is located along the Equator.
- The Antarctic is tilted towards the sun for some parts of the year. ✓
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- What is a hemisphere?
- A large globe.
- Half of Earth. ✓
- A quarter of Earth.
- A small part of Earth.
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- Which ocean surrounds Antarctica?
- Northern Ocean
- Southern Ocean ✓
- Pacific Ocean
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Exit quiz
- What is the Antarctic circle?
- An imagined circle around the South Pole that surrounds Antarctica ✓
- An imagined line which goes around the middle of Earth
- An imagined line which surrounds the Arctic
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- What is Antartica?
- A continent ✓
- An ocean
- A country
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- Where is the coldest windiest place on earth?
- Arctic
- Mount Everest
- Antarctica ✓
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- What is an ice cap?
- A floating sheet of ice
- A large, permanent covering of ice on land ✓
- Ice which melts into the sea
- Ice which is found on mountains
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- When is Antarctica's summer?
- May to September
- November to March ✓
- Never
- All year round
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- Antartica can double in size in the winter
- True ✓
- False
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Key learning points
- The Antarctic Circle is an imagined circle around the South Pole that surrounds the area known as the Antarctic.
- Antarctica is a large region, surrounded by the Southern Ocean, and is the coldest and windiest continent on Earth.
- Some of Antarctica’s Ice Cap is more than four kilometres thick.
- Antarctica can double in size by the end of the Antarctic winter as the sea ice around the continent increases.
Common misconception
Antarctica is a country.
Antarctica is a continent.
Keywords
Antarctic circle - An imaginary line around the earth which surrounds the southern polar region known as the Antarctic
Ice cap - A large, permanent covering of ice on land
Climate - The average weather conditions, e.g. rainfall, hours of sunshine and winds, over at least 30 years
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