Glacial Ice Sheets Are the Largest of the Types of Glaciers

question 49

Multiple Choice

Glacial ice sheets are the largest of the types of glaciers and currently cover ______.

• A) The Arctic Sea, the Alps, Greenland, Antarctica, and Alaska
• B) Alaska, Antarctica, and Greenland
• C) Antarctica, Greenland, Alaska, the Andes Mountains, the Arctic Sea, and the Alps
• D) Greenland and Antarctica
• E) only Antarctica

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