Comprehension 1
What is the term used to describe both Antarctica and the Arctic?
Polar Lands
What are small icebergs called?
growlers
A device that shows directions
The usual weather conditions in a place
climate
An Inuit house shaped like a dome made of blocks of ice or hard snow
igloo
What can a glossary help you do?
give you a definition
Which hungry gulper eats four tons a day?
The blue whale
huge blocks of ice that break off from glaciers
icebergs
one of the huge plains in the arctic region; a treeless plain
tundra
In the ______ , it seems that it is _______ all year long.
Arctic & winter
Why can’t penguins fly?
Their bones are heavy, their wings are small, and they have too much blubber.
Who is called the unicorn of the sea?
A narwhal
A barricade
To make dirty or harmful to health by mixing in or adding waste material
pollute
The _______ and _______ poles are located at the top and bottom of the world.
Why do scientists who want to learn about space, go to Antarctica?
a. because it is empty
b. because there isn’t a lot of wildlife
c. because they need to observe lemmings in the wild
d. because space is the only place colder than Antarctica
d. because space is the only place colder than Antarctica
Why is Antarctica colder than the Arctic?
a. It’s land surrounded by water.
b. It’s further from the sun.
c. There are no animals there.
d. The ice caps have all settled there.
It's surrounded by water
Ground that is frozen all year long
To strike or bump into one another with force
collide
The natural home or environment of an animal, plant, or other organism.
habitat
Are igloos still built in the Arctic?
Yes igloos are built, but not to live in. They are used as temporary houses while on fishing or hunting trips.
True or False: Polar Bear actually have black skin.
True
letting only some light pass through
translucent
tiny amount or small piece
particles
These are formed when compacted layers of snow stay in the same spot for years.
glaciers