Polar Oceans Review

Seals and Sea Lions are examples of what type of mammals ___?

• Cetacean

• Felines

• Pinnipeds

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How polar bears can adapt to survive in polar regions ?

• Blubber

• shiver

• fluff their feathers

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The favorite food of the polar bear is

• salmon

• shellfish

• seals

• humans

What does the group Sirenians include?

• Manatee, dugongs, sea cow

• Walrus, seals, sea lions

• Whales, Dolphins, Porpoises

• Polar bears, penguins, duckbilled platypus

Ice shelves originate from _____________.

• Glacier/ice sheet

• Land

• Seawater

• Icebergs

The polar ocean that is surrounded by land is?

• Arctic Ocean

• Indian Ocean

• Pacific Ocean

• Southern Ocean

The polar ocean that surrounds land is the?

• Arctic Ocean

• Indian Ocean

• Pacific Ocean

• Southern Ocean

Antarctica is in the?

• Southern Hemisphere

• Western Hemisphere

• Northern Hemisphere

• Eastern Hemisphere

What is defined as an area of open water that is surrounded by sea ice; an area of unfrozen sea

within the ice pack?

• Ice rafting

• Fast ice

• Pack ice

• Polynya

What organisms rely on the sea ice in the Southern Hemisphere?

• Arctic foxes

• Walruses

• Penguins

• Polar bears

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