Polar Bear Survival:Ice, Injection, & Impact

Life on Ice

100

What environmental structure is essential for polar bears to hunt seals?

Sea ice

300

In the Western Hudson Bay, polar bears move onto land during which season?

Summer

500

In the spring, access to this prey is critical for cub survival and maternal recovery?

Seal pups

Pathogen Patrol

100

Seroprevalence measures the presence of these in blood. 

antibodies

300

Antibodies show that an animal was exposed to a pathogen in the ___.

past

500

Spending more time on land may increase contact with new types of this. 

Pathogens

The Study Says..

100

This study focused on polar bears from this region.

Western Hudson Bay

300

Over the 32-year period, pathogen exposure generally did this?

Increased

500

The researchers tested polar bear samples for  antibodies to this number of pathogens.

seven

Climate & Change

100

The arctic is warming fast than most other parts of the world. True or False?

true

300

Longer ice-free seasons mean polar bears spend more time in this environment.

Land

500

Changes in ice can affect polar bears' ability to hunt this main food source

Seals