, 23 February 2021
This quiz is all about the seventh continent, a land of ice, penguins and very cold scientists. Can you find the answers to get full marks?
About 90% of an iceberg’s volume is underwater.
Chile is the southernmost country in the world, and it’s quite close to the Antarctic Peninsula, which is the northernmost part of Antarctica!
Emperor penguins are about 1.2 metres high.
The coldest temperature recorded in Antarctica was −89.2° C at Vostok station in 1983.
Antarctic hair grass, Deschampsia antarctica, is booming due to warming temperatures.
Congratulations! You are a real science whiz!
Oh dear! Better brush up before the next quiz!
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