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Global Warming
What is causing the ice melting in the arctic region?
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Polar bear, arctic fox, arctic tern, arctic wolf, beluga whale (3 of the 6)
Name 3 animals in the arctic region
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10 months
How long is winter?
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Glaciers
What are the mountains covered in?
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Small shrubs, mosses, lichen (1 out of the 3)
Name one thing that can grow in the arctic
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Mammoth, because humans hunted them and the climate was changing
What animal went extinct in the arctic, and why?
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One day, all the animals in the arctic will go extinct.
What will happen if the ice in the arctic keep melting?
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2 months
How long is summer?
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By tectonic plates folding
How were the mountains formed?
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Permafrost
What is the ground covered in that makes it hard for the vegetation to grow?
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Greenhouse gases, made by cars (Any of the vehicles that are using gas as fuel), factories, burning of fossil fuels ( such as coal and petroleum)
Whats one kind of human feature that is heating up the earth and causing the ice in the arctic to melt?
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The Polar Bear
What animal (other than humans) is at the top of the food chain in the arctic
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Up to -50ÂșC
How cold can it get in winter?
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2 million years
Approximately how long have glaciers been around in the arctic
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Trees
What Form of vegetation cannot survive in the arctic
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Mussels, snails and benthic crustaceans.
What animals are the weakest in the arctic?
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There is very little precipitation
What makes the arctic a desert?
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3000 metres
How high do the tallest mountains reach up to?
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It works as a camouflage either for catching pray, or for hiding from predators
Why are the arctic animals fur white in the winter?
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Because the ocean around it is frozen and its hard for the water to evaporate
Why is there little precipitation?
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By glacial ice eroding the ground until it became flat
How were the lowlands in the east formed
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