Antarctica

Question 1

Antartica is the highest continent in the world. What is its average elevation?

Answer 1

2500

Question 2

What is the highest point in Antartica?

Answer 2

Mount Vinson

Question 3

Which three oceans touch Antarctic?

Answer 3

Atlantic, pacific, Indian

Question 4

Does Antarctic have any volcanoes?

Answer 4

138 in the west

Question 5

What animals are the only animals to breed on mainland Antarctica during the winter?

Answer 5

Emperor Penguins

Question 6

The largest glacier in the world is found in Antarctica. What is it called?

Answer 6

Lambert Glacier

Question 7

A research base is located at the South Pole? What is the research base called?

Answer 7

The Amundsen - Scott South Pole Station

Question 8

Due to having very little precipitation and vegetation, Antarctica is technically a what?

Answer 8

Desert

Question 9

What is the name of the Norwegian man who reached the South Pole first?

Answer 9

Ronald Amundsen

Question 10

How many Countries have territories in Antarctica?

Answer 10

7

Question 11

What time zone does Antarctica use?

Answer 11

Greenwich Mean Time

Question 12

Where can you walk through all 24 time zones in just seconds?

Answer 12

At the South Pole where longitudes converge

Question 13

At the South Pole, which months does the sun rise and set ?

Answer 13

Rises in September and sets in late March

Question 14

What is the coldest ever recorded temperature in Antarctica?

Answer 14

• 89 c

Question 15

The Antarctica ice sheet is the largest on Earth, how many kilometres does it cover?

Answer 15

14 million square kilometres