Studying Climate With Ice Cores

Learn how ice cores unlock Earth's climate secrets! Study past temperatures and CO2 levels.

Read the text provided and then answer the questions using complete sentences.Points will be taken off for:- Not using complete sentences.- Copying and pasting answers from the internet. Studying Climate with Ice Cores 1. Why do scientists study ice cores of the polar ice caps? 2. Why are scientists interested in the particles trapped in the ice? 3. Describe how scientists extract, or remove, ice cores. 4. What does dust trapped in an ice core represent? 5. What does the thickness of an ice core layer represent? 6. How does the level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere relate to temperature? Vocabulary Match the following terms with the correct description. Polar ice caps Ice sheets that cover the north and South Pole Ice cores Extractions of large cylinders of ice Melt layer The layer of an ice core that melts during the summer, released gas bubbles, and appears as "solid ice." Global warming The phenomenon of Earth becoming increasingly warm due to the high levels of carbon dioxide being released into the atmosphere.