Climate
What is the main source of precipitation in the Innuition Mountains?
What is snow?
This large arctic animal, common across the arctic, relies on sea ice to hunt seals.
What is a polar bear?
These frozen, permanent sheets of ice cover large parts of the Innuitian Mountains.
What are ice caps?
What is the most common industry in the Innuition Mountains?
What is mining?
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What season lasts the longest in the Innuition Mountains?
What is winter?
To survive the freezing temperatures, the animals go into a state known as?
What is hibernation?
You can tell that these mountains are young because their peaks are what?
What is sharp?
This resource is found in the Innuitian Mountains but is difficult to get because of the harsh climate and remote location.
What is fossil fuel (or oil and gas)
The Innultian Mountains are located in these 2 territories.
What type of ground condition stays frozen year‑round in the Innuitian Mountains?
What is Permafrost?
most common animal in this area?
What is a Ringed Seal?
Formed by lots of pressure over millions of years, this type of rock makes up lots of the Innuitian Mountains’ structure.
What are sedimentary rocks?
The Innuition Mountains are located north of this invisible line, meaning no large tree can grow there.
What is the Arctic tree line.
What climate term best describes the extremely dry conditions of the Innuition Mountains?
What is polar desert?
This small, white furred carnivore is one of the most common animals in the Innuition Mountains.
What is an Arctic fox?
These large, flat areas found between mountain ranges in the Innuitian region were shaped by glaciers smoothing the land over time.
What are plateaus?
Why do the Innuition Mountains stay so cold in the summer, despite having 24 hour daylight at times?
What is their high altitude and sun angle?
This part of a plant cell is responsible for making food using sunlight.
What are chloroplasts?
Standing at 2,616 metres on Ellesmere Island, this is the highest point in the Innuitian Mountains.
What is Barbeau Peak?