The Pleistocene Ice age

• when did the Pleistocene Ice Age end?

  15-18,000 years ago
• how long did Pleistocene Ice Age last?

  120,000 years
• what did Pleistocene Ice Age dominate?

  the Northern Hemisphere

  ice sheets up to 2 km thick
• what was most of the uk coveredb y?

  ice
• what was biome could be found elsewhere (that was not covered by ice)?

  Tundra
• Describe the biome tundra?

  • Cold
  • Treeless
  • Soil frozen (permafrost)
• What was sea level like during the Pleistocene Ice Age?

  100m lower , so UK connected to mainland Europe (eustatic fall in sea level- water locked up in ice sheets and thermal contraction of ocean)
• what fraction of the Earth's land area was covered by ice sheets and glaciers?

  1/3