Geography (ANTARCTICA) 100% PASSED

krill - ANS an invertebrate similar to a shrimp in size and shape. protocol - ANS a formal agreement for rules of conduct between nations. sound - ANS an area of water between two bodies of land, e.g., the coast and an island. The South Pole was first reached by _____. - ANS Roald Amundsen The Antarctica continent is split roughly in half by the __________ Mountain Range. - ANS Transantarctic Which of the following are names of Antarctica's larger ice shelves? - ANS Larsen Filchner-Ronne Ross What purpose does the Antarctic-Environmental Protocol serve? - ANS It keeps the continent clean and unspoiled. It prohibits the drilling or mining of any minerals. As can be expected, Antarctica is one of the wettest continents on earth. - ANS false The lowest temperature ever recorded on Earth was at the ____________ Station in 1983. - ANS Vostok