Rules and Research at the Bottom of the World: teacher key

The Arctic and Antarctica, grade 10 edition, written for 10th grade. No country owns Antarctica, yet people work there all year. Learn how a treaty, a set of stations and long-term science keep it shared.

Read the book. Print this page for the key.

Questions and answers

1. What does the Antarctic Treaty do about territorial claims?
   • It adds new ones
   • It freezes them (answer)
   • It lets countries sell them
2. Why do place names in Antarctica come from international committees?
   • Antarctica has no native population (answer)
   • The names are secret
   • Each station picks one
3. Why can Halley Research Station move with the ice?
   • It is in a lake
   • It floats on a boat
   • Its modular design lets it move (answer)
4. What did British Antarctic Survey scientists discover?
   • A new continent
   • The Antarctic ozone hole (answer)
   • A volcano
5. What does the Madrid Protocol ban?
   • Mining except for science (answer)
   • All science
   • Fishing boats

Words

• demilitarised: free of military
• modular: built in sections
• ozone: a gas layer
• inspection: careful check