ice ages


Periods in the history of the Earth when large glaciers covered much of the surface of the continents.

Notes for ice ages

The last ice age ended less than twenty thousand years ago.

Notes for ice ages

Scientists believe that there will be more ice ages in the future, caused by tiny changes in the Earth's orbit and rotation.

Words Nearby ice ages

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How to use ice ages in a sentence

  • It apparently holds the story of two widely separated ice ages.

  • I was contemporaneous with the lives precariously spent between the ebb and flood of the ice ages.

    San Cristbal de la Habana | Joseph Hergesheimer
  • The long ice-ages of the earth appear to have their sway, go, and return.

  • Some, indeed, speak of a series of Ice-Ages, but we need not discuss the verbal question.

    The Story of Evolution | Joseph McCabe
  • Upheaval is the one constant and clearly recognisable feature associated with, or preceding, ice-ages.

    The Story of Evolution | Joseph McCabe