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Explore the Arctic and tundra, where icy landscapes challenge living beings. Discover how animals adapt and thrive in extreme cold conditions. An educational presentation on cold deserts and Arctic life.
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What’s it like in the coldest places on earth? How do people survive? Teacher’s Page
If you look at a globe you’ll find the Arctic. This map shows you the ice in the Arctic. It’s called the ice cap. In the summer, the ice cap shrinks. In the winter it freezes again. What kind of a place do you think it is? Sample Slide Random Slides From This PowerPoint Show
You probably know quite a lot about hot, sandy deserts but did you know that there are actually two kinds of desert? There are hot deserts and there are cold deserts. Cold deserts are found close to the North and South Poles. The area between the North Pole ice cap and the forest is called the tundra. Sample Slide The tundra is a cold desert. It’s frozen solid and covered by snow from September until May. Random Slides From This PowerPoint Show
There are many animals that live in the Arctic tundra. All of them have thick fur or hairy coats to keep out the cold. Here are some of them. Sample Slide Arctic hare polar bear Arctic fox Random Slides From This PowerPoint Show Can you name them? caribou Musk ox
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