Vocabulary
A piece of land surrounded by water on 3 sides, but is attached to a larger land area.
Penninsula
This is a main animal that lives in Antarctica
penguin
The number of oceans on earth
5
Antarctica is the only continent without this...
countries
Imaginary line around the center of the earth
equator
The weather conditions that a place usually has
climate
A very large animal that swims in the ocean around Antarctica in the summer
Humpback whales
The amount of earth covered by water
3/4
Why are plants and trees unable to grow in Antarctica?
Very little water and sunlight
Blowing snow that create storms
blizzards
A line of mountains
mountain range
The main food of a humpback whale. Hint: it is very small
Krill
How many continents are there?
7
True or False: You could build a house and live in Antarctica.
False. No humans live there. Only scientists set up stations to work there.
365
The number of days in a year
A sheet of frozen ice that is frozen onto land
ice shelves
The only living thing that lives in Antarctica year round. Hint: they are very small
Insects
Name the continents
North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, Antarctica
True or False: You can hunt animals in Antarctica
False. Animals are protected under the Antarctic Treaty
Studying something to learn more about it
Research
People who travel to places to learn new things about them
explorers
A long time ago, hunters killed too many of these. They hunted them for their fur.
Fur seals
The thick ice that almost all of Antarctica is covered with
Continental ice sheet
30,000 of these visit Antarctica every summer
Tourists
An agreement made by two or more countries
treaty