Icebergs with Stripes

10/10/2020 5:09:00 PM
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Do you know?

  • Basically, there are 5 types of ice or icebergs: White ice, blue ice, black ice, ice sheets made of saltwater, dirty ice.
  • Between 10,000 to 15,000 icebergs are calved each year.

Let's learn more about icebergs!

FACT: Icebergs float because their density is lower than the density of the water they’re floating in.

An iceberg with stripes. Image: snopes.com

Listen and choose the correct answer to each of the following questions.

  • What are most icebergs?
  • If you cut an iceberg into ten parts, how many parts would you see?

Most icebergs are frozen _____.

  • freshwater
  • salt water
  • crude oil

If you cut an iceberg into ten parts, how many parts would you see?

  • one part
  • nine parts
  • five parts

Complete the text you are listening to by dragging the correct word to each blank.

Someone says, “I saw an . It was white. It had green .” Could this be true?

Icebergs are blocks of ice. They float. Most are frozen freshwater. They have broken off a . They have fallen into the sea. You only see a small part of an iceberg. What if you cut an iceberg into ten parts? You would only see one of the ten parts. One part would be above water. Nine parts would be below water. You would see one-tenth of the iceberg.

Sometimes a layer of seawater will on an iceberg. What if the seawater is rich in algae? The will do something. It will make the frozen seawater look green. It will make a green stripe on the iceberg.

Read and answer the following questions. 

An iceberg floating in the sea. Image: istockphoto.com

Someone says, “I saw an iceberg. It was white. It had green stripes.” Could this be true?

Icebergs are blocks of ice. They float. Most are frozen freshwater. They have broken off a glacier. They have fallen into the sea. You only see a small part of an iceberg. What if you cut an iceberg into ten parts? You would only see one of the ten parts. One part would be above water. Nine parts would be below water. You would see one-tenth of the iceberg.

Sometimes a layer of seawater will freeze on an iceberg. What if the seawater is rich in algae? The algae will do something. It will make the frozen seawater look green. It will make a green stripe on the iceberg.

Source: Daily Warm-ups Nonfiction Reading Grade 2

Based on the passage, one reason a ship might hit an iceberg is because _____

  • it has green stripes.
  • it is part of a glacier.
  • the ship breaks down when approaching the iceberg.
  • the ship’s crew cannot see most of the iceberg.

What makes an iceberg have some green stripes?

  • ice
  • algae
  • fresh water
  • glacier ice
When one is rich in something, one has _____
  • a lot of it.
  • very little of it.
  • a layer of seawater.
  • a part you can’t see.

Put the right word in each blank. The sentences are from the text.

  1. Someone says, “I saw an . It was white. It had green .”
  2. Sometimes a layer of seawater will on an iceberg.
  3. The will do something. It will make the frozen seawater look green.
  4. They have broken off a .

Put the right word in each blank. These are new sentences for words in the text.

  1. He was wearing a grey shirt with white .
  2. Water at 0°C.
  3. The ship struck a hidden .
  4. A is like a river of ice.
  5. The green covering on top of the water in the pond is .