wunder beta🐧 The Arctic & Antarctica
Two icy worlds at the top and bottom of Earth, and the amazing life they hold.
What you’ll learn
- Describe how the Arctic and Antarctica differ in geography and climate.The Arctic is a frozen ocean surrounded by land, while Antarctica is an icy continent surrounded by ocean holding most of Earth's fresh water. Antarctica is far colder and has no permanent residents, only visiting scientists.
- Compare the wildlife of the Arctic and Antarctica.Polar bears live only in the Arctic, while penguins live in the south, so the two never meet. Antarctica has unique seals and depends on ocean life like krill, while the Arctic's land supports more land animals.
Questions this course answers
What is the Arctic mostly made of?
The Arctic is mostly a frozen ocean surrounded by parts of North America, Europe, and Asia.
About how much of Earth's fresh water does Antarctica hold as ice?
Antarctica holds roughly 70 percent of all the fresh water on Earth, frozen as ice.
Which polar region is colder?
Antarctica is far colder than the Arctic because of its high, thick ice sheet.
Where do polar bears live?
Polar bears live only in the Arctic, where they hunt seals from the sea ice.
Do penguins and polar bears ever meet in the wild?
Penguins live in the Southern Hemisphere and polar bears in the Arctic, so they never meet in the wild.
What tiny creatures feed many Antarctic animals?
Tiny shrimp-like krill feed whales, seals, penguins, and seabirds in Antarctic waters.
Grounded in trusted sources
- Smithsonian Ocean, 'The Arctic and The Antarctic' (ocean.si.edu/ecosystems/poles/arctic-and-antarctic)
- National Geographic, 'Penguins don't live at the South Pole, and more polar myths debunked' (nationalgeographic.com)
- Tara Ocean Foundation, 'Arctic and Antarctic: what are the differences?' (fondationtaraocean.org)
- Encyclopaedia Britannica Kids, 'Antarctica' (kids.britannica.com)
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