Arctic Ocean Animals Adaptations
Ocean literacy involves understanding among other things that the ocean supports a great diversity of life and ecosystems and that the ocean and humans are inextricably interconnected.
Arctic ocean animals adaptations. Animals depend on their physical structure to help them find and eat food to build shelters to protect from predators and to reproduce. This lesson explores Reader required using the habitat of the Beaufort Sea and other Arctic. Many animals such as ptarmigan and snowshoe hare turn white in winter to blend in with the snowly landscape.
Vast expanses of treeless tundra. During the coldest winter months there is little or no sunshine penetrating the water. Diving physiology physiological and anatomical - Whales and seals have a number of adaptations that allow them to dive deep beneath the sea for extended time periods narwhals can dive to 1500m 4900 feet and stay submerged for up to 25 minutes.
When surface area is lower water evapo-. Sharks are very good at finding food. A thick-billed Murre that dives deep into the Arctic waters in search of fish and squid to eat is displaying a behavioral adaptation.
CARIBOU are members of the deer family. Ask students for other examples of each type of adaptation. Seasonal migration is an example of a behavioral adaptation.
For marine life the Arctic Ocean is a unique place to live. It is the coldest ocean on Earth and is often capped with sea ice. Due to the ice coverage on the Arctic Ocean its animal inhabitants have adapted to be skilled both on ice and in open water.
Blowholes an opening on. Antarctic animal adaptations penguins seals krill whales. During the summer months the sun shines up to 24 hours a day.