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Question 1: When was the first trip to the South Pole held?

A: 1811

B: 1925

C: 1911

D: 2002

 

Question 2: What is the shark in Antarctica that has been studied more then the others?

A: The Salmon Shark

B: The Great White Shark

C: The White Tip Oceanic Shark

D: The Basking Shark

 

Question 3: How much of Antarctica is ice?

A: 52%

B: 100%

C: 2%

D: 98%

 

Question 4: Which animals stay year round in Antarctica?

A: Arctic Terns, Ice Worm, and Fish

B: Arctic Terns, Penguins, and Ice Worm

C: Penguins, Fish, and Arctic Terns

D: Ice Worm, Penguins, and Sharks

 

Question 5: How are glaciers formed?

A: By ice forming together, and snow covers the ice which forms the glaciers

B: By snow falling, and more snow, and then ice form the glaciers

C: By animals brushing up against the sides of ice which forms the glaciers

D: By ice falling over and over again and forms glaciers

 

Question 6: Which explorer went to Antarctica on horses?

A: Robert Falcon Scott

B: Sir Ernest Shackelton

C: Roald Amundsen

D: Richard E. Bryd

 

Question 7: Which fish in Antarctica has antifreeze?

A: The millennium fish

B: The ice fish

C: Every fish

D: The rainbow fish

 

Question 8: What was the coldest temperature ever recorded in Antarctica?

A: Five degrees

B: -129 degrees

C: Fifty degrees

D: -42 degrees

 

Question 9: What was the warmest temperature ever recorded in Antarctica?

A: 2 degrees

B: 102 degrees

C: 59 degrees

D: -30 degrees

 

Question 10: When was the first baby born on Antarctica?

A: 1952

B: 1539

C: 2002

D: 1987

Question 11: What is the most common whale found in Antarctica?

A: Blue Whale

B: Killer Whale

C: Sperm Whale

D: Humpback Whale

Question 12: Who were the explorers racing to the South Pole?

A: Byrd & Amundsen

B: Scott & Byrd

C: Scott & Amundsen

D: Shackleton & Cook

Question 13: What year was the Antarctic Treaty signed?

A: 1914

B: 1812

C: 2000

D: 1961

Question 14: Who went the farthest back into the Antarctic Penninsula?

A: John Weddell

B: John Davis

C: Roald Amundsen

D: James Cook

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