3rd Grade - Antartica

Antartica is the _______________ largest continent.

• fifth

• second

• sixth

• fourth

In Antartica winter occurs from ____________ to _____________.

• December - February

• November - March

• May - July

• August - April

The word Tundra means: _____________________________

• Frozen land

• Barren, treeless land

• Full of ice

• Dark and cold

What is #5?

• Indian Ocean

• Atlantic Ocean

• Pacific Ocean

• Ross Sea

A large mass of ice that has broken off a glacier and is floating in the sea.

• glacier

• snow drift

• ice cap

• iceberg

Who survived being stranded on ice for two years?

• Ernest Shackleton

• Roald Amundsen

• Borge Ousland

• Richard Byrd

A flat, mosslike growth on rocks and trees.

• skua

• lichen

• krill

• coast

What is the largest species of penguins?

• Adeline

• Chinstrap

• Gentoo

• Emperor

Sheet of ice and snow that permanently covers an area.

• ice cap

• iceberg

• glacier

• tundra

Small shrimp like animals found in the ocean which are the primary food source for many Antartica animals.

• lichen

• skua

• krill

• penguins