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During last ice age which parts of the earth were covered by ice sheets?
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∙ 12y ago
No. The earth has experienced many glacial periods. The last one, about 10,000 years ago, is often referred to as the Ice Age. About 30% of the earth was covered by ice, most of it in the Northern Hemisphere. Many parts of Africa and South America, in contrast, were warm.
In North America, glaciers covered the ground as far south as Illinois and Missouri.
AnswerAbove is correct, but I did just see a Discovery channel show about an old theory that the earth was totally covered in ice. There are apparently ice scars on rocks in the saharra, and all over to support this, but back then (in the 1800s or early 1900s?) no one could figure out how it could have melted once the ice sheet was complete, reflecting sunlight away. Now we know a volcano could have emited enough green house gases and ash to hold enough heat and darken the ice to melt again. I forget the time frame, but this was way before dinosaurs, so perhaps 1-2 billion years ago? I do recall that the idea is that the earth had evolved some level, then been knocked back to starting single celled organisms a few times. it was all new to me -- not what they taught in college geology in the early 1990s at all.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 12y agoWell basically it was thin ice but usually a centremetre of snoe
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∙ 13y agoNo, even during the various Ice Ages there are always regions that are not that cold.
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∙ 15y agoyes it did.
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∙ 13y ago30%
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Times of extreme cold when great sheets of ice covered parts of the earth was known as?
Ice ages
What does ice age mean?
An ice age is a cold time period in earth's histor during which glaciers covered large parts of Earth's surface.An Ice-age is a time period between Paleothic & Neolithic era when thick ice sheets covered much of the world.An ice age is any period in Earth's history where polar icecaps were in place. For example, we are currently in an ice age now.It was a time when the world was covered in ice.
What are cold periods in earth's history when glaciers covered large parts of earth's surface called?
They are called ice ages :)
Is Greenland always covered by ice?
Most of Greenland is covered by a continental glacier, so it is permanently under ice. The remainder of Greenland is only snow-covered during parts of the year.
What parts of the eye is covered by conjunctiva?
what part of the eye is covered by conjunctiva
Which parts of the earth were covered by ice sheets?
Ice sheets covered almost all of Canada and parts of the United States, Europe, and South America during each of it's glacial advances.Enormous volumes of the world's water were frozen in these ice sheets.
Times of extreme cold when great sheets of ice covered parts of the earth was known as?
Ice ages
Was the entire earth covered in ice during the ice age?
It was not exactly covered in all ice, parts we covered in snow and the whole earth was not all land, parts were water
What is the Definition of an ice age?
An ice age is a cold time period in earth's histor during which glaciers covered large parts of Earth's surface.An Ice-age is a time period between Paleothic & Neolithic era when thick ice sheets covered much of the world.An ice age is any period in Earth's history where polar icecaps were in place. For example, we are currently in an ice age now.It was a time when the world was covered in ice.
How did monkeys lived during the ice ages?
They lived in a similar way to today, in parts of the Earth that were not ice-covered.
What age was a very long period of cold climate during which glaciers covered large parts of the earth?
Ice Age
What parts of the world were not covered with glaciers?
2/3 of the earth is covered by glaciers
What parts of the world were covered with glacier?
2/3 of the earth is covered by glaciers
What two parts are the earth divided into?
That which is land and the part which is covered by water.
How much percent of the earth is covered by the mantel?
Almost 0%. The only parts of the mantel which cover the earth are those areas where volcanoes are actively pushing lava to the surface. The earth is covered by what is referred to as the "Earth's Crust."
What does ice age mean?
An ice age is a cold time period in earth's histor during which glaciers covered large parts of Earth's surface.An Ice-age is a time period between Paleothic & Neolithic era when thick ice sheets covered much of the world.An ice age is any period in Earth's history where polar icecaps were in place. For example, we are currently in an ice age now.It was a time when the world was covered in ice.
What parts of the us were covered by glaciers during the ice age?
Southern Ohio and even parts of Missouri.
