arctic

Question 1

background

Answer 1

-The arctic covers 16.5 million km squared
-Temperature: Between -12 and -6
precipitation primarily falls as snow
-Some parts covered with ice sheets and the rest is Tundra
-Temperatures rarely rise above freezing so growing season is very short

Question 2

mussels

Answer 2

Wakeham bay,Quebec, northern canada: mussels farming when tide goes out

Question 3

marine animals

Answer 3

Qaang, north greenland:Inuit people hindi marine mammals.g narwhal- wich source of vitamin C. mainly in summer between fragments pieces of ice. store in permafrost

Question 4

threats

Answer 4

Climate change- slushy ice makes routed more dangerous, fish stocks depending on ice cover has declined and warm water species have moved in
There is contamination in animals and fish in water of arctic
people starting to eat store bought foods increasing malnutrition and obesity