Arctic Animals
This large white bear lives in the Arctic and is an excellent swimmer.
What is a polar bear?
This thick layer of fat helps Arctic animals stay warm.
What is blubber?
Scientists study changes in Arctic ice and weather to understand this process.
What is climate change?
The North Pole is located in this ocean.
What is the Arctic Ocean?
Arctic animals often have thick fur to help them stay ________.
What is warm?
This Arctic animal uses long tusks to help pull itself onto ice.
What is a walrus?
Caribou have wide hooves to help them walk on this without sinking.
What is snow?
Scientists wear special clothing to protect themselves from this Arctic danger.
What is extreme cold?
Polar bears live at the North Pole, but this animal does not.
What is a penguin?
Caribou migrate to find this essential survival need.
What is food?
This small fox changes its fur color to blend in with snow and ice.
What is an Arctic fox?
Polar bears have black skin under their fur to help them do this.
What is absorb heat from the sun?
Scientists measure this to learn how cold the Arctic is.
What is temperature?
The North Pole is made of ice floating on this.
What is ocean water?
Animals with small ears lose less of this.
What is heat?
This animal has long antlers and migrates long distances across the tundra.
What is a caribou?
This helps Arctic foxes blend into their environment so predators can’t see them.
What is camouflage?
Scientists study animals to understand how they survive in this environment.
What is the Arctic?
Both poles are very cold and covered in this.
What is ice and snow?
Animals curl up or huddle together to do this.
What is stay warm?
This Arctic animal spends most of its life in the cold ocean and eats fish.
What is a seal?
Walruses use their tusks for defense and for this important movement.
What is climbing onto ice?
Scientists rely on satellites and research stations because the Arctic is _________.
What is hard to reach?
People live near the North Pole, but this pole has no permanent residents.
What is the South Pole?
Humans wear layers in the Arctic to trap this close to their bodies.
What is heat?