§2.3 Inuit in the artic part 1

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§2.3 Inuit in the artic

At the end of this lesson

• You are able to name some characteristics of the arctic
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• Name the differences between Tundra and Taiga

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Climate graph

Summer

• Warmest day 10 degrees
  
• Warmest night 3 degrees
  

Winter:

• Max. -30 ˚C

Precipitation: mostly snow

Tundra

• Hottest month below 10˚C.
• North of the tree line
• Grasses, mosses and low shrubs.
• Inhabited parts of Greenland

Tundra: permafrost

Permafrost = Always frozen soil.

• For 9 months under 0 ˚C.
• A lot of snow and ice
  
• The deep bottom remains frozen.
• Boggy in summer.

Permafrost

Summer

Winter

Grasses, mosses and low shrubs.

unfrozen

Permafrost = permanently frozen ground

Snow

Melting permafrost

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Taiga

• Average temperature in summer 10 degrees
  
• South of the tree line.
• Coniferous forests (naaldbomen)
  
• Canada & Russia
  

Inuit

• Inuit means 'people'
  
• 150.000 people in Greenland and
  

North Canada

• They live along the coast
  

To do-

§2.3  exercises 1 to 3

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