Arctic
Trivia
1
ale polar bears seek out female
M
polar bears by following
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a)Their footprint trail c)Their scent
b)Their sound/calls
d)Their cubs
Answer: c) Their scent
2
Arctic sea ice has been shrinking by
around
% per decade since the
1970’s:
a)1.5%
c)4.6%
b)3.8%
d)2.7%
RUE or FALSE: Cubs spend 10 years
T
with their mothers learning how to hunt
and survive the harsh environment of
the Arctic before leaving as subadults.
Answer: FALSE – cubs only spend 2.5 years
with their mother to learn the ropes before they
roam and start living the polar bear life
4
5
a)2 days
c)6 days
b)half a day
d)8 days
Answer: d) 8 days
7
Answer: 4.6%
3
The polar bear gets about
days’
worth of energy from a 121-pound seal,
but needs to eat much more in order to
store up reserves.
Over 80,000 narwhals spend their
summer in northern Canadian waters.
That’s around
of the world’s
total narwhal population.
a)20%
c)60%
b)45%
d)75%
Answer: d) 75%
8
Researchers and Northern people have
seen an increase in the number of bears
living on land during the ice free summer
season because:
a) Polar bears look for food more in the summer
TRUE or FALSE: The narwhal tusk is
actually an enlarged tooth with sensory
capability that has up to 10 million
nerve endings.
b) The sea ice is melting earlier
and freezing later
Answer: TRUE
d) Mother polar bears and their
cubs finally leave their dens
When polar bear cubs are born,
they weigh (on average):
Answer: b) The sea ice is melting
a)10 pounds
c)2.5 pounds
b)5 pounds
d)8 pounds
Answer: c) On average, babies weigh
2.5 pounds; the size of a guinea pig
c) Polar bears are actively looking
for mates on land
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9
Where does 60% of the global
polar bear population live?
a) U.S.
d)Norway
b) Canada
e)Russia
c) Greenland
f)All of the above
Answer: b) Canada
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15
Answer: TRUE
16
The heaviest polar bear ever
estimated was:
a) 4150 pounds
c)2120 pounds
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17
TRUE or FALSE: The Greenland shark
is one of many shark species found in
the Arctic.
Answer: FALSE – The Greenland shark is
just one of two Arctic shark species (the other
being the black dogfish).
12
TRUE or FALSE: Belugas are also known
as sea canaries, because they are one of
the most vocal of all whales.
18
In 2005, polar bear status was upgraded
from Least Concern to Vulnerable based
on the likelihood of population decline
over the next
years.
a) 10 years
c)30 years
b) 15 years
d)50 years
Answer: 50 years
14
Beluga whales, a close relative to the
narwhal, live primarily in areas with
Arctic sea ice. The word beluga comes
from the Russian word “bielo”,
meaning a)blubber
c)whale
b)white
d)song
Answer: b) white
a)narwhal whale
c)polar bear
b)walrus
d)greenland shark
Sea ice has dropped to record low levels
during the month of September for 2012.
Sea ice volume is now
% lower than
the maximum recorded in 1979 when
satellite records began.
a) 30%
c)22 %
b) 45%
d)72%
Answer: d) 72%
Answer: TRUE
13
Which species is the top predator in
the Arctic marine ecosystem?
Answer: c) Polar bear
b) 3135 pounds
Answer: b) 2120 pounds
TRUE or FALSE: If current warming
trends continue, scientists believe
that polar bears will be vulnerable to
extinction within the next century.
TRUE or FALSE: Cubs are at even greater
risk due to melting sea ice. Their smaller
size means they don’t have the energy
reserves to travel far for food or the
insulation for long swims.
Answer: TRUE – Long-distance swimming
puts polar bears at increased risk of drowning
due to fatigue. Also, like humans, polar bears
cannot close off their nasal passages.
19
The Arctic region covers some
30 millionsquare km of marine and
terrestrial ecosystems, and is home
to about
people
a) 1.5 million
c)4 million
b) 2.2 million
d)850,000 thousand
Answer: c) 4 million
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20
Thousands of penguins live in the
high Arctic where they feed on fish,
krill and squid.
Answer: FALSE – Penguins do not live in
the Arctic. They only live in the southern
hemisphere, including Antarctica.
21
TRUE or FALSE: The Arctic is
the only place polar bears live.
It’s their only home.
Answer: TRUE
22
TRUE or FALSE: Polar bears aren’t
really white.
Answer: TRUE – Their undercoat is pigmentfree and transparent with a hollow core that
scatters and reflects visible light. Their skin is
actually black.
23
The
is the area where
summer Arctic sea ice is predicted to
persist the longest and is likely to be
important for the polar bear and other
ice dependent species.
a) Last Ice Area
c)North Pole
b) Antarctica
d)Arctic Circle
Answer: a) Last Ice Area
24
TRUE or FALSE: Global warming in the
Arctic will be around 2-3 times greater
than the rest of the world.
Answer: TRUE
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