EXPLORE THE
ICE AGE!
tundra: the treeless Arctic land that is permanently frozen below the top layer of soil.
This ice didn’t stop for anything. It acted like a giant plow or bulldozer, pushing over everything in its path. WORDS TO KNOW Plants, trees, animals, even hills of soil and rocks were pushed flat by the moving ice. The glaciers pushed through mountains and made new DID YOU KNOW? valleys. Trees, rocks, and even Today, about 10 percent animals got picked up and carried of Earth’s land is covered in ice. That is equal to by the ice. Some of this stuff got 5.8 million square miles. stuck in the ice. The only way they could get out was if the ice melted.
TUNDRA
People, plants, and animals could not live and grow on the glaciers. It was hard living anywhere near the glaciers! The glaciers kept the air cold in summer and winter. Some scientists think it was also very windy and dry. Glaciers also kept the land near the glaciers almost frozen all year long. This land near glaciers is called the tundra .
MOVIE FACT CHECK In the first Ice Age movie, Sid sees many things frozen in a block of ice—even a flying saucer. Glaciers can carry many things, but glacier ice is not clear! It looks more like snow cone ice than a clear ice cube.
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