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The Arctic

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  • Which bird does NOT live in the Arctic
    Puffin
    Eagle
    Penguin
    Owl
  • Name 5 countries with land within the Arctic Circle
    Canada, Russia, USA, Norway, Greenland, Finland, Sweden, and Iceland
  • Name 3 challenges facing the Arctic
    Climate change, increasing acidification, overfishing, oil and natural gas drilling, sea level rise, etc.
  • 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 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. 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
  • How many people live in the Arctic
    2 million
    4 million
    10 million
    500,000
  • What place in the world gets the most snow per year?
    Aomori City, Japan
    Novosibirsk, Russia
    Anchorage, Alaska
    Buffalo, New York
  • 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 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.
  • 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