Unit 2-3: Cold Lands + Canada

area between the North Pole and the northern timberline of North America

• tundra

• taiga

• Arctic

• Western Hemisphere

point beyond where trees cannot grow due to extreme cold

• timberline

• permafrost

• tundra

• the Arctic

electro-magnetic phenomenon that takes place at the north of south pole that makes an extreme light show

• western hemisphere

• tundra

• taiga

• aurora borealis

treeless Arctic plains North of the timberline.

• tundra

• taiga

• Arctic

permanently frozen ground

• the Arctic

• iceberg

• glacier

• permafrost

people of Northern Alaska are known as

• Eskimos

• Inuits

people from Greenland and Arctic Canada are called

• Eskimos

• Inuits

large masses of ice that flow slowly over land/water

• iceberg

• the Arctic

• glacier

• permafrost

piece of a glacier that has broken off into the sea.

• glacier

• iceberg

• permafrost

• the Arctic

another name for the Aurora Borealis is the __________________________.

• Polar Express

• Northern Lights

• South Pole

• Fireworks Show