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What is climate change?
a) a big difference in normal climate patterns over a long period of time
b) a device that uses pulsed laser light to measure distance to a target
c) an ice sample that is typically removed from an ice sheet or a high mountain glacier
d) a slow moving mass or river of ice formed by the accumulation and compaction of snow on mountains or near the poles

What is a device that uses pulsed laser light to measure distance to a target called?
a) expedition
b) ice core
c) glacier
d) LIDAR

What is an ice core?
a) a slow moving mass or river of ice formed by the accumulation and compaction of snow on mountains or near the poles
b) an ice sample that is typically removed from an ice sheet or a high mountain glacier
c) a big difference in normal climate patterns over a long period of time
d) a journey undertaken by a group of people with a particular purpose

What is an expedition?
a) a device that uses pulsed laser light to measure distance to a target
b) an ice sample that is typically removed from an ice sheet or a high mountain glacier
c) a journey undertaken by a group of people with a particular purpose
d) a big difference in normal climate patterns over a long period of time

What is a slow moving mass or river of ice formed by the accumulation and compaction of snow on mountains or near the poles called?
a) ice core
b) glacier
c) climate change
d) LIDAR

What is a glacier?
a) a big difference in normal climate patterns over a long period of time
b) a device that uses pulsed laser light to measure distance to a target
c) an ice sample that is typically removed from an ice sheet or a high mountain glacier
d) a slow moving mass or river of ice formed by the accumulation and compaction of snow on mountains or near the poles

What is an ice sample that is typically removed from an ice sheet or a high mountain glacier called?
a) climate change
b) ice core
c) glacier
d) LIDAR

What is a big difference in normal climate patterns over a long period of time called?
a) glacier
b) expedition
c) LIDAR
d) climate change

What is a journey undertaken by a group of people with a particular purpose?
a) glacier
b) ice core
c) LIDAR
d) expedition

What is LIDAR?
a) a big difference in normal climate patterns over a long period of time
b) a device that uses pulsed laser light to measure distance to a target
c) an ice sample that is typically removed from an ice sheet or a high mountain glacier
d) a slow moving mass or river of ice formed by the accumulation and compaction of snow on mountains or near the poles

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