Icebergs
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You often see icebergs
in movie. It is a big floating piece of ice in ocean.
To know more about icebergs take up
the following quiz and fill in the blanks. Take help from the help box.
ü
Only one tenths
Part of an iceberg is visible above water, rest off the nine
tenths
ü The process
of the formation of new iceberg is called calving
ü Iceberg is
made up of fresh water which is less Danes
than the sea water this is the reason that the iceberg are seen floating in the
ocean?
ü An iceberg
with a rounded top (visible above water) is called a dome
ü The worst
ever disaster caused by an iceberg was the sinking of the ship titanic.
ü The smallest ice bergs floating in the seas are called
the Bergy bits.
ü A ship that
breaks through the floating icebergs is called ice bergs. The growls are bigger icebergs
found floating in the cold seas and ocean.