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Northern Indians
Animals of the Arctic
Define the term
Geography
Ice and Trees
100
The snow house usually built for temporary shelter while traveling.
What is an igloo?
100
a seal with blubber and coarse, frost-proof hair
What is a fur seal?
100
thick layer of fat found on fur seals
What is blubber?
100
the North Pole and the surrounding area: this includes the tundra and the taiga
What is the Arctic?
100
the most numerous and varied trees in the world
What are broadleaf trees?
200
long, hooded jackets made of fur
What is a parka?
200
North American reindeer
What is a caribou?
200
permanently frozen ground
What is permafrost?
200
the treeless Arctic plains north of the timberline
What is the tundra?
200
trees that lose their leaves in the fall
What are deciduous trees?
300
a one-man boat constructed of sealskin stretched over a frame
What is a kayak?
300
little rodents that look like fat, round mice. There has been an over population of them in the Arctic.
What is a lemming?
300
a mixture of dried meat pounded together with fat and berries
What is pemmican?
300
BELOW THE TUNDRA! a vast evergreen forest that stretches for three thousand miles to cover much of Canada and parts of Alaska
What is the taiga?
300
trees that keep their leaves all year long
What are evergreen trees?
400
a wooden and bone hunting weapon that the Eskimos used for hunting
What is a harpoon?
400
North America's largest rodent; has done more than any other animal to shape North America's landscape.
What is a beaver?
400
Another name for the aurora borealis.
What are the northern lights?
400
the smallest and coldest ocean on earth
What is the Arctic Ocean?
400
cone-bearing trees
What are coniferous trees?
500
Two questions! 1) Who are the native people of Greenland and Arctic Canada? 2) Who are the native people of northern Alaska?
1) Inuits (Greenland and Arctic Canada) 2) Eskimos (Northern Alaska)
500
Two questions! 1) "King of the birds" 2) "white-headed" bird
1) What is a golden eagle? 2) What is a bald eagle?
500
The point ("line") beyond which trees cannot grow.
What is the timberline?
500
the world’s largest island that lies in the frigid waters of the North Atlantic and Arctic oceans
What is Greenland?
500
If a large mass of ice that flows slowly over land is called a GLACIER, what is it called when that piece of ice breaks off and falls into the sea?
What is an iceberg?