Ten Import vocab Words for the Melting Polar Ice Caps
- Ice caps-A cover ing of ice over a large area.
- Ice shelve-A floating sheet of ice.
- South Pole- the southern end of the earth's axis, the southernmost point on earth.
- North Pole- the end of the earth's axis of rotation, marking the northernmost point on the earth.
- Polar-of or pertaining to the North or South Pole.
- Arctic- pertaining to, or located at or near the North Pole: the arctic region.
- Glacier-an extended mass of ice formed from snow falling and accumulating over the years and moving very slowly, either descending from high mountains, as in valley glaciers, or moving outward from centers of accumulation, as in continental glaciers.
- Ice Sheet-a broad, thick sheet of ice covering an extensive area for a long period of time.
- Sea Leval-the horizontal plane or level corresponding to the surface of the sea at mean level between high and low tide.
- Ocean-the vast body of salt water that covers almost three fourths of the earth's surface.
The comic you posted makes me want to cry; so sad.
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