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Icy ecosystems – question bank

An inquiry approach is a method often used in science education. The question bank provides an initial list of questions about Antarctica and it's icy ecosystem and places where their answers can be found.

The article Icy ecosystems – introduction has links to further resources and student activities.

Q. Why is Antarctica a special place?

  • Icy ecosystems – introduction

  • A land of ice and ambition

Q. Can anything live in Antarctica?

  • Life in the freezer

  • Antarctic terrestrial ecosystem

  • Tardigrades and rotifers

  • Plants on ice

Q. How do you keep warm in Antarctica?

  • Insulation

  • Gearing up in Antarctica

Q. Have the Earth's continents always been where they are now?

  • Continental drift

Q. Why is the south pole colder than the north pole?

  • Why is Antarctica so cold?

Q. Where do icebergs come from?

  • Icebergs

  • Glaciers

Q. Does the water under an iceberg become more concentrated with brine as the iceberg melts?

  • Water density

Q. Are ocean currents or the wind responsible for the pathway an iceberg travels?

  • Icebergs on the move

Q. Why are people interested in ice cores?

  • Trapped in ice

  • Greenhouse effect

  • The heartbeat of Antarctica

  • Captured in ice – Connected journal

Q. What have people learned from icebergs?

  • Icebergs and glaciation

Q. Where does glacier ice come from?

  • Water density

  • Snow to ice animation

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Published: 24 June 2008Updated: 23 October 2025
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