Question 2: the correct answer is Antarctica. Got it right? Mark 1 point.
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What is the highest mountain above sea level?
Why, in question 2: What is the coldest continent on the planet?
The answer is Antarctica. Almost the entire continent is covered by ice, and in winter temperatures in the interior easily drop to −60 °C. It is also the highest continent on average and the driest.
Ice that helps measure the planet
If all the ice in Antarctica melted, sea level would rise by about 58 meters. That is why scientists closely monitor ice loss at the continent's edges.
The weight of the ice sheet is so great that it has pushed down the bedrock beneath it. In several places, the bedrock lies below sea level.
Emperor penguins breed during the Antarctic winter. The males incubate the egg balanced on their feet for about two months, barely eating, while the females feed at sea.
Seasons in Antarctica are extreme: near the South Pole, the Sun doesn't set for months in summer and doesn't rise for months in winter.
