Question

2. Answer the following in one word:
(a) The continent of Antarctica covered with thick
ice sheets. please answer it fast whoever answer will be correct I will make him as the brainliest answer​

Answer 1

The continent of Antarctica covered with thick

ice sheets called glaciers

Answer 2

Explanation:

The EAIS is the driest, windiest, and coldest place on Earth, with temperatures reported down to nearly -100°C. The EAIS holds the thickest ice on Earth, at 15,700 ft (4,800 m). It is home to the geographic South Pole and the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station.

These two ice sheets cover all but 2.4 percent of Antarctica's 14 million square kilometers. At its thickest point the ice sheet is 4,776 meters deep. It averages 2,160 meters thick, makingAntarctica the highest continent. Thisice is 90 percent of all the world's iceand 70 percent of all the world's fresh water.