ConcepTest: Ice Sheets and Water Depth

ConcepTest questions by David McConnell, David Steer ( This site may be offline. ) , Walter Borowski, Jeffrey Dick, Annabelle Foos, Jeffrey Knott, Alvin Konigsberg, Michelle Malone, Heidi McGrew, Kathie Owens, and Stephen Van Horn
This material was originally created for Starting Point:Introductory Geology
and is replicated here as part of the SERC Pedagogic Service.

Initial Publication Date: May 8, 2006
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Question:

Ice sheets covered much of the Northern Hemisphere one million years ago during part of the last ice age. How did this affect the depth of water in the oceans?

a. Oceans were shallower than today
b. Oceans were deeper than today
c. Oceans were the same depth as today

Student Responses:

No data yet. The correct response is a.

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