Why have ice ages come and gone?

"When less sunlight reaches the northern latitudes, temperatures drop and more water freezes into ice, starting an ice age. When more sunlight reaches the northern latitudes, temperatures rise, ice sheets melt, and the ice age ends."

Explanation:

As temperatures decrease, less sunlight reaches the water. This causes the ice to freeze, when this happens in mass it causes an ice age. Later, temperatures rise and the ice melts.

Explanation:

Temperatures plummet as less sunlight reaches northern latitudes, and more water freezes into ice, triggering an ice age. Temperatures rise, ice sheets melt, and the ice age ends as more sunshine reaches northern latitudes.

a rain shadow is a dry region of land on the side that is protected against the prevailing winds of a mountain range. the prevailing winds are the winds that occur most of the time in a particular place of the earth

prevailing winds carry air toward the mountain range. as the air rises up over a mountain range, the air cools, water vapor condenses, and clouds form. on this side of the mountains, called the windward side, precipitation falls in the form of  rain  or snow. this dry air produces a  rain shadow.

shield volcanos are angry and get mad over the smallest things so much that there heads erupt   pahoehoe and a'a lava. a composite volcano is the poller opposite of a shield volcano. its   peaceful thing and knows how to control its emotions.