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Shine Hello, smarty pants.
Today we're bundling up and traveling back in time to the freezing world of Ice Ages.
Brr.
But before we crunch through the snow, let's give a warm shout out to Xander in Cotati, California.
I hear you love listening to Who Smarted in the car with your mom and enjoy all the funny voices, stories and little quizzes.
I'm so glad your car rides go faster while you're laughing and learning.
All right, smarty pants, let's break the ice.
Question one, what is an ice age?
Is it A a cold decade, B a long period when glaciers cover large parts of Earth, or C a great movie?
If you said C, I agree.
But that's not the ice age we're talking about today.
The correct answer is B.
An ice age is a long period of global cooling when glaciers spread across continents.
Question two.
What animals lived during the last ice age?
Is it A. Woolly mammoths, B. Dinosaurs, or C. Kangaroos?
If you said A, that is a mammoth-sized correct answer.
Wooly mammoths were huge, hairy elephants that lived in cold Ice Age environments.
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Today, we're learning about ice ages when glaciers shaped Earth's landscape.
Question three.
What are huge sheets of ice called?
Is it A, Olaf's, B, glaciers, or C, snow cones?
If you picked B, you've slid into the right answer.
Glaciers are massive, slow-moving rivers of ice that shape mountains and valleys.
Question four.
When did the last ice age end?
Was it A.
10,000 years ago, B.
100 years ago, or C.
1 million years ago?
If you said A, you're obviously cool with history.
The last ice age ended about 10,000 years ago, leading to the climate we have today.
Stay frosty, smarty pants, because it's time for a quick warm-up break.
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Welcome back.
We're wrapping up our journey through our Earth's icy past.
Final question.
During the last ice age, much of Earth's water was locked up in glaciers.
What effect did this have on sea levels?
Is it A sea levels were much higher, B sea levels were much lower or C sea levels stayed the same?
If you picked B, that answer is ice-solutely correct, smarty pants.
During an ice age, enormous amounts of the Earth's water get frozen into massive glaciers and ice sheets.
Because so much water is locked up as ice on land, the sea levels drop sometimes by hundreds of feet.
You stayed cool under pressure, Smarty Pants.
So if you want to learn more, check out our Ice Ages episode in the Who Smarted archives.
Join us next week for more trusty trivia fun.
