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wrbasek0

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Throughout much of the last 3 million years, known as the ________, glaciers covered much of North America.
 
  A) Pleistocene Epoc
  B) Cenozoic Epoc
  C) Mesozoic Era
  D) Protozoic Era
  E) Paleogene Era

Question 2

Which of the following statements is not true of glaciers?
 
  A) For the past 200 years, most of the glaciers of the world have been shrinking
  B) The cause of glaciers shrinking is climatic warming
  C) Scientists have monitored the largest ice masses in the world particularly intensely because of their potential effects on global sea level
  D) Greenland and Antarctica have two of the world's largest ice masses
  E) In Greenland, there has been thinning of ice in high-altitude regions but substantial thickening near the margins.



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Answer to Question 1

Answer: A

Answer to Question 2

Answer: E





 

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