What are things eaten by people who live in the Arctic?
100
Animals living in the icy water have this thick layer of fat under the skin.
What is blubber?
100
Trees do not grow on this land in the Arctic.
What is the tundra?
100
This Arctic season is very short.
What is summer?
100
This Ocean is the smallest of the five oceans of the world. It's only about 10% the size of the Pacific Ocean.
What is the Arctic Ocean?
200
A fierce and strong animal about the size of a bear cub. It is the largest member of the weasel family. It is most common on the mainland of Nunavut, Yukon and the Northwest Territories. The wolverine is short, with powerful legs and large feet. It looks like a small bear. Wolverine fur is used for trimming parka hoods.
What is a wolverine?
200
Polar bears, walruses, seals and whales are _______that live in the ocean.
What are mammals?
200
A mountain of ice.
What is a glacier?
200
In the middle of the summer, the sun does not set here. That is why it is sometimes called, Land of the .....
What is Midnight Sun?
200
The Arctic Ocean's ice sheet is four times as large as the state of ________.
What is Texas?
300
This area is home to about 4 million people spread across several countries: Norway, Sweden, Canada, Greenland (a territory of Denmark), Russia, the United States (Alaska), Iceland, and Finland. About a third of those people are believed to be natives.
What is the Arctic?
300
A fierce and strong animal about the size of a bear cub. It is the largest member of the weasel family. It is most common on the mainland of Nunavut, Yukon and the Northwest Territories. It is short, with powerful legs and large feet. It looks like a small bear. It's fur is used for trimming parka hoods.
What is a wolverine?
300
This thin layer of soil thaws in the summer.
What is the permafrost?
300
There are places where this never melts?
What is snow and ice?
300
The annual average temperature at the North Pole is ____ degrees Farenheit.
What is ZERO (0)?
400
Another name for native.
What is indigenous?
400
Hard to see in the snow, this animal has a thick white coat of fur for the winter. In the summer the coat is brownish-grey. This animal eats hares, birds' eggs and the chicks. If there is alot of food, the female has eleven or more pups, but if there is not much food she may have only five or six pups.
What is the Arctic fox?
400
The sea ice remains frozen for this period of time.
What is all year long?
400
If you go very far north, you will not see this for six months of each year.
What is the sun shining?
400
Another name for the Northern Lights.
What is aurora borealis?
500
Eskimos prefer to be called this.
What is Inuits.
500
They spend most of their time on the pack ice or in the water, where they can hunt their favorite food - the ringed seal. The white fur helps them sneak up on seals that are laying on the ice.
What are polar bears?
500
Trees do not grow here.
What is the tundra?
500
Two forms of Arctic precipitation.
What are rain and snow?
500
Most sources indicate that the long, coarse guard hairs, on the polar bear, are hollow and _______________.