[DOC] [TLE] jeopardy/1230_Qs.txt at master  jedoublen/jeopardy  GitHub [PAR] INTERNATIONAL POTPOURRI | On average, the icy layer on top of this snow-
covered continent is 7,000 feet thick | Antarctica. right: Joyce. Wrong: Hugh: What
... [DOC] [TLE] Antarctic Ice - Global Classroom [PAR] Yet, 98% of the continent is covered with a thick, ancient sheet of ice. The 
average thickness of this ice is 7,000 feet with a maximum depth of nearly 3 miles 
(15,000 feet). ... A glacier is a body of ice formed mainly of snow that has thawed, 
refrozen, ... land, the brittle top layers crack and form deep fractures called 
crevasses. [DOC] [TLE] Antarctica: Continent of Ice - MarineBio.net [PAR] (right) A south polar view of Earth shows the continent of Antarctica like a large ... 
There were only about 7,000 people in Ushuaia in the early 1990s but by the 
year ... The accumulated ice never melts, is over 15,000 feet thick in some areas, 
... As layers of frozen snow and ice crystals build up (left) (from any moisture in 
the... [DOC] [TLE] Mauna a Wakea - Mauna Kea [PAR] The thickest ice was 400 feet, the average about 200 to 250 feet. ... could be 
glaciated down to the 7,000 foot level is extraordinary," the authors observe. ... A 
layer of permafrost, or ground ice, is all that is left of a once-giant glacier. : : : ... by 
the big ice sheet which probably covered the top one hundred feet thick, at one 
time. [DOC] [TLE] Tracking climate change on Mauna Kea - Mauna a Wakea [PAR] "Snow, fifteen feet of it, and lakes covered with a foot and a half of solid ice, and ... 
the slopes of Mauna Kea followed approximately the 7,000 foot contour line. ... of 
feet thick covered 6,000,000 square miles of the world's continents in what is ... 
per year and the average temperature would need to drop only a few degrees. [DOC] [TLE] Glacier - Wikipedia [PAR] A glacier is a persistent body of dense ice that is constantly moving under its own 
weight; .... Under the pressure of the layers of ice and snow above it, this granular 
ice ... called its glacier head and terminates at its glacier foot, snout, or terminus. 
.... Glaciers are present on every continent and approximately fifty countries,... [DOC] [TLE] Arctic Tipping Point: A North Pole Without Ice by Fen Montaigne ... [PAR] Aug 30, 2012 ... Scientists say this year's record declines in Arctic sea ice extent and volume are 
... cap of ice at the top of the planet is on a trajectory to largely disappear in ... will 
be covered with 45 percent less ice than the average from 1979 to 2000. .... 12-
foot-thick ice around the North Pole and 20-foot-thick ice in some... [DOC] [TLE] Ancient Ice - Detecting Design [PAR] These layers are much thinner on the Antarctic ice cap as compared to the ... a 
little over 5  feet (~1.7 meters) of ice or around 17 feet (~5 meters) of compact 
snow per ..... with the use of radiocarbon dating methods, at between 6,500 and 
7,000 ..... kilometers with about 85% of that area covered by ice of about 2 km 
thick. [DOC] [TLE] Avalanche - Wikipedia [PAR] An avalanche is a rapid flow of snow down a sloping surface. Avalanches are 
typically ... However, if the snow has sintered into a stiff slab overlying a weak 
layer then ... The top of the snowpack is also extensively influenced by incoming 
radiation and .... Avalanches are unlikely to form in very thick forests, but boulders 
and... [DOC] [TLE] Plateau - The shape of the land, Forces and changes, Spotlight on ... [PAR] In Antarctica, which has a greater average elevation than any other continent, 
most of the land ... Covered by thick ice, many of these areas have no names. ... 
Mantle: The thick, dense layer of rock that lies beneath Earth's crust. ..... than 
26,248 feet (8,000 meters) and hundreds that rise more than 22,967 feet (

Question: On average, the icy layer on top of this snow-covered continent is 7,000 feet thick
Answer: Antarctica