Name 5 countries with land within the Arctic Circle
Canada, Russia, USA, Norway, Greenland, Finland, Sweden, and Iceland
Name 3 land animals that can be found in the Arctic Circle
Arctic foxes, polar bears, grizzly bears, musk ox, lemmings, arctic hares, wolves, moose, caribou/reindeer, sheep, ermine/stoat, wolverines
Name 3 sea animals that can be found in the Arctic Circle
Seals, humpback whales, gray whales, orca whales, walruses, narwhal, beluga whale, Greenland shark, sea otters
True or False. The term “arctic” comes from the Greek word meaning “near the bear”.
True. The Great Bear and the Little Bear are two constellations found in the northern sky and the arctic is named accordingly
True or False. Less snow falls in the Arctic than rain in the Sahara Desert.
True.There isn’t a lot of precipitation (snow, rain, hail, etc.) in the Arctic: the cold air doesn’t hold a lot of moisture.
Name 3 birds that can be found in the Arctic circle
Eagles, Snowy Owls, Gyrfalcons, Tundra Swans, Snow Buntings, Little Auks, Guillemots, Terns, Ptarmigans and Puffins
True or False: The Arctic Ocean is the smallest ocean on earth
True. The Arctic Ocean is the smallest ocean on earth and covers less than 3% of the earth’s surface.
Name 4 winter movies that take place in snow and ice
Abominable, Frozen, Snow Buddies, Happy Feet, Jack Frost, Snow Day, Cool Runnings, Mr. Popper’s Penguins, Ice Age, Balto, etc.
What place in the world gets the most snow per year?
Buffalo, New York
Anchorage, Alaska
Novosibirsk, Russia
Aomori City, Japan
Which bird does NOT live in the Arctic
Penguin
Owl
Puffin
Eagle
How many people live in the Arctic
4 million
10 million
2 million
500,000
