Ice Caps

              Ice caps are regions of the planet that is covered by ice most of the year. Most of the ice includes large portions of the arctic and antarctic. An ice cap is less than 50,000 km^2 and is always over land. When there are larger areas of ice, they are called ice sheets. Ice caps do not have size but they are in the center of a region. Polar ice caps form because of the cold weather conditions. The ice caps may form or get smaller but that will be due to climate like whether or not it is cold weather or hot weather. Many aquatic animals live on the ice like walruses and some predators like polar bears. The health of the ice has been bad. Global warming has been a result of melting the ice. If global warming wasn't going on, then the ice wouldn't be melting in the hot climate.

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