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What is the Arctic circle? |
A group of 7 countries classed by scientists as the Arctic. |
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What are the countries within the arctic circle? |
Russia, Canada, Alaska, Greenland, Finland, Sweden and Norway |
There are 7 of them |
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Where is the location of the Arctic circle? |
Surrounded by the Arctic ocean in the most northern part of the hemisphere. |
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The is the main climate pattern in the Arctic |
Long winters, short summers |
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What is the average temperature in the Arctic |
-34°C to 0°C |
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What is permafrost |
Frozen snow, rocks and soil that has been frozen for over 2 years |
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How shallow can permafrost be |
The soil can be frozen only 30-40 cm below the ground |
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How deep can permafrost be |
It can go up to 650m deep |
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True or false Permafrost mean a slightly bouncy ground. |
False - permafrost means the ground is rock solid. |
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Why are houses and roads and bridges that are built in permafrost collapsing? |
Global warming is raising the Arctic's average temperature by nearly 1°C and this is melting the permafrost. Therefore more natural disasters are occurring in the Arctic. |
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How deep and wide is the Arctic ocean |
It is 987m deep and the area is 5,440,000 square miles
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Ture of false The Arctic ocean the the smallest ocean in the world. |
True |
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What are the 3 different types of ice found in the Arctic ocean when it's frozen? |
Polar ice - 2m thin in summer and 50m thick in winter. Never melts Pack ice - at the edge of the ocean and only freezes completely in winter months. Fast ice - forms around pack ice and land in winter months. |
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What is the mountain range called in the Arctic |
The Arctic cordillera - there are 10 different mountains all together. |
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What is the highest mountain in the Arctic |
Barbeau Peak is the highest at 2616m tall |
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