The Arctic Region

The Arctic is a geographic region spreading around the :

• South Pole

• North Pole

• Greenland

• Alaska

The Arctic is predominantly:

• Tundra

• Tundra and glaciers

• Glaciers

• Taiga and glaciers

The ice of the Arctic:

• reflects sunlight and helps keep the region cool

• reflects sunlight and doesn't help keep the region cool.

• absorbes sunlight and helps keep the region cool.

• reflects sunlight and helps keep the region warm.

In the Arctic Region summers are:

• cold

• cool

• warm

• hot

Avarage winter temperatures can go as low as - __ °C.

The _______ recorded temperature is approximately -68°C.

Compared to the interior areas, coastal Arctic climates have generally:

• warmer temperatures and heavier snowfalls.

• colder temperatures and heavier snowfalls.

• colder temperatures and less snow.

In the interior areas the climate is colder and _____.

How many people live in the Arctic Region?

____ _______

What countries do they live in?

• They live in Canada, the United States, Russia, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Iceland and Denmark (Greenland).

• They live in Alaska and Greenland.

• They live in Canada, the United States, Russia, Iceland and Denmark (Greenland).