Ice Ice Trivia

1. What is the name of a scientific study of glaciers, or more generally, ice?

Glaciology

Hydrology

Meteorology

Geology

2. What type of ice is often found in space?

Nilas ice

Frazil ice

NIlas Ice

Amorphous ice

3. The polar ice caps, glaciers and those wandering icebergs contain about how many percent of the world's fresh water?

25

15

75

50

4. The transition from ice to water is melting and from ice directly to water vapor is what?

Floccutation

Decrystallization

Condensation

Sublimation

5. What is the visible outgas of an ice comet called?

Coma

Rosetta

Geyser

Frozen ice

6. What is the approximate increase in volume when fresh water turns to ice?

8%

9%

10%

11%

7. What is a piece of ice that breaks off from a glacier called if it's between 1 to 5 meters above the surface?

Cube

Growler

Iceberg

Bergy Bit

8. The oldest known major ice age was called how?

Cryogenian

Quaternary

Huronian

Sturtian

9. How many known solid crystalline phases of water are there?

17

16

15

14

10. The polar caps of Mars have been shown to contain seasonal layers of what?

Nitrogen ice

Carbon dioxide ice

Metallic ice

Hydrogen ice