Arctic Animals Habitat Facts
Many of the Arctic animals on this list have special adaptations that enable them to cope with the extreme conditions of the far north.
Arctic animals habitat facts. Altitude of its habitat varies from sea level to about 900 meters. Polar bears arctic foxes musk oxen arctic terns gyrfalcons and puffins. Theres also more information about.
The ecosystems in the Arctic are incredibly harsh. A series of interesting facts about the arctic prompted by our recent trip to the greenland ice sheet. The Arctic fox has the warmest fur coat of any animal found in the Arctic.
Your students will love these Animal Habitats Fact Sheets. You probably know that it is a very cold icy place hom. Most of the small plants and thick-haired animals such as musk ox in the region live on this land.
This sheet includes the habitat weather location countries where the habitat is unique animals and moreThis includes 13 habitats including Antarctic Arctic Desert Forest Marsh Mountains Ocean Pond Prairie Rainforest Savanna Subjects. The Arctic Fox is in fact the only land mammal native to Iceland. Arctic Animals Write the Room.
Polar habitats get very very cold it can get as cold as -50C in the Arctic and temperatures in Antarctica have been as cold as -89C. Polar Bears Arctic Foxes Musk Oxen Arctic Terns Gyrfalcons and Puffins. This weeks topic is Arctic animals and Ive put together a printable pack with fun facts about 7 different polar animals living in the extreme conditions of the arctic region.
The North Pole is in the middle of the Arctic Ocean which is surrounded by the land masses of North America Europe and Asia so there is a land connection to the south meaning that land animals can more easily reach the Arctic unlike Antarctica where animals must be able to swim or fly across hundreds of miles of frigid and storm-prone ocean even at the narrowest point. Arctic Animals Facts Narwhal They are large-sized toothed whales They have the nickname unicorn of the sea Their main predator is the Orca Males weigh approximately 3600 pounds and are 5 meters in length. The Polar Bear is the biggest animal of the Arctic.