Last Glacial Period

High school (ages 12+)
Environment & Earth

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/last-glacial-period

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the associated epoch?Late Pleistocene
2. What is the global sea level during LGM?Approximately 120 meters lower than present
3. When did the Last Ice Age happen?It started about 115,000 years ago and ended around 11,700 years ago.
4. What were the biggest ice sheets during the Last Ice Age?The Laurentide ice sheet covered much of North America and the Fennoscandian ice sheet covered large parts of Europe.

Milankovitch Cycles: Long-term variations in Earth's orbit and axial tilt that influence climate patterns.
Last Glacial Maximum (LGM): The period within the Last Glacial Period when ice sheets were at their greatest extent.
Younger Dryas: A significant, abrupt cold period that occurred near the end of the Pleistocene epoch.