Effects of Arctic Ice Cap Melting Its Impact

Effects of Arctic Ice Cap Melting Its Impact on Earth’s Spheres and Sustainability

What constitutes a Polar Ice Cap? - A Polar ice cap is a high-latitude region of land or water that is covered in ice. - Ice caps form as ice accumulates year after year. As part of a cyclical process, each year some of the ice melts in the summer, and then reforms in the winter

Shrinking Ice Caps - Over the last several decades Scientist have tracked significant changes in the size of the Arctic Ice Cap - Satellite images show the area of permanent ice cover is decreasing at a rate of 9% each DECADE - At this rate, scientists predict that summers in the Arctic will be ice-free by 2030 - Disappearing arctic sea ice

The Questions is: How does the melting of the Arctic ice cap affect Earth’s spheres and sustainability

Your job now is to: ● Get into a group of 4 ● Your group will answer questions on pgs. 294 - 295 ● Each member of the group will complete part A individually ● Each person is responsible for researching the affects on a certain sphere (Parts B, C, D, and E)

By the end of the block… ● Each person will choose B - E ● Answer the questions via illustrations / diagrams / words / images etc. . . on a separate piece of paper ● Put together ‘ 4 spheres’ for your good copy