During the peak of the last Ice Age, continental land area was larger and you could have walked across the English Channel because ________.
A)the continents expanded as they got colder
B)there was so much ice that the global sea level was about 100 metres lower than now
C)sea floor spreading hadn't separated England from France yet
D)the polar ice caps flattened Earth so much that the continents were higher

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During the peak of the last Ice Age, around 20,000 years ago, much of the Earth's water was frozen in massive glaciers, causing the global sea level to lower by about 100 meters. This exposed more continental land area, including the area between England and France, which became a land bridge that could be walked across. None of the other options are correct explanations for why the English Channel could have been crossed during the Ice Age.

During the Peak of the Last Ice Age, Continental Land