wunder beta🐧 Polar Animals
Explore the frozen Arctic and Antarctic, home to polar bears, penguins, seals, and walruses, and see how thick fur, blubber, and huddling beat the extreme cold.
What you’ll learn
- Two Frozen WorldsIdentify animals of the Arctic and the Antarctic and understand that they live at opposite ends of the world.The Arctic is the frozen region in the north, home to polar bears, Arctic foxes, and walruses. The Antarctic is the frozen region in the south, home to penguins, seals, and albatrosses. A surprising fact is that wild polar bears live only in the north and wild penguins only in the south, so they never meet in nature.
- Staying Warm in the ColdExplain how polar animals stay warm using blubber, thick fur, and huddling together.Polar animals fight the cold in several ways. Seals, walruses, and whales carry a thick layer of fatty blubber, polar bears and Arctic foxes grow dense warm fur, and emperor penguins huddle together in the thousands to share heat. Each of these adaptations helps trap body warmth against the freezing cold.
- Clever Cold TricksLearn extra cold adaptations like seasonal camouflage and compare Arctic and Antarctic animals.Polar animals have more clever tricks for the cold. The Arctic fox turns white in winter to blend into the snow, and many polar animals have compact bodies and small ears to save heat. The Arctic and Antarctic are home to different animals, but both use blubber and thick coats to solve the same problem, the cold.
Questions this course answers
Which group of animals lives in the Arctic (the north)?
Polar bears, Arctic foxes, and walruses all live in the Arctic, the frozen region around the North Pole.
Where do wild penguins live?
Wild penguins live in the Antarctic, in the far south, never in the Arctic with polar bears.
What is blubber?
Blubber is a thick layer of fat under the skin that keeps seals, walruses, and whales warm.
How do emperor penguins survive the freezing Antarctic winter?
Thousands of emperor penguins huddle in a tight group to share body heat and block the icy wind.
Why does the Arctic fox turn white in winter?
A white winter coat camouflages the Arctic fox against the snow, helping it hunt and hide.
What do Arctic and Antarctic animals have in common?
Animals at both poles use adaptations like blubber and thick coats to survive the extreme cold.
Grounded in trusted sources
- National Geographic Kids
- Smithsonian's National Zoo
- San Diego Zoo Wildlife Explorers
- NOAA Fisheries
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