Antartica

Question 1

Why might people choose to go to Antarctica?

Answer 1

Sam examples you could use are science research, challenge or exploring, tourism and looking for natural resources.

Question 2

Why might people disagree with tourism in Antarctica?

Answer 2

Invasive species - accidentally bringing in insects or seeds on boots, clothes, in food. Impact on breeding birds - being made anxious by an influx of people that may cause them to abandon their nest. Erosion or disturbance of fragile environments - many feet walking over the same piece of ground and routes will leave paths and other scars. Oil spills from ships and boats.

Question 3

Overfishing

Answer 3

More than 70% of the worlds fisheries are fully exploited, overexploited or significantly depleted. The Asian fishing vessels have got up. substantially over the last decade over 800,000 vessels increation.

Question 4

Emperor penguins.

Answer 4

They huddled to conserve heat, they recycle body heat, they are good at controlling their blood, they have four layers of feathers, they can dive to 1800 feet, they can hold their breath for 22 minutes, chicks have soft down for installation, they have highly specialised bird skeleton, they breed during the depths of the Antarctic winter, when the female later egg it’s passed over to the male.

Question 5

Anatomic.

Answer 5

Structures of the body.

Question 6

Orcars.

Answer 6

They travel in groups called pods, they create waves to push their food off of icebergs.

Question 7

Weddell seal.

Answer 7

They blow bubbles to get fish out from hiding, they have flubber which insulates them so they can be waters of -2°, they are streamlined, their limbs are like flippers, they have a large eyes, they have whiskers, they can spend an hour under water, they can drive to 2500 feet.

Question 8

Adélie penguins.

Answer 8

They slide on their bellies to save energy, there colouring allows them to cook camouflage and temperature control, they are able to slow there heartbeat, they have a barb on the tongue, there are compact shape.

Question 9

Describe the location of Antarctica.

Answer 9

Antarctica located in the Earth’s southern hemisphere, some of the continents around it are Australia and New Zealand.