§2.3 Inuit in the artic part 1

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§2.3 Inuit in the artic

Program

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• Notes and game
  
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Which one doesn't belong there?

Each time, You are shown three words.
The question is: which one does not belong?
All the questions are about the North Pole.

After each question, you get an explanation of why the wrong word does not belong.

Which one doesn't belong there?

North pole

The area within the Arctic Circle.
Latitude 66.5˚ N.

Which one doesn't belong there?

1: Inuit

2: Eskimo

3: Citizens of Greenland

Inuit

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

North Canada

• They live along the coast
  

Which one doesn't belong there?

1: It is equally light and dark all year long.

2: On December 21, it will be dark all day.

3: On June 21, it will be light all day.

1

2

Climate graph

Summer

• Warmest day 10 degrees
  
• Warmest night 3 degrees
  

Winter:

• Max. -30 ˚C

Precipitation: mostly snow

Which one doesn't belong there?

1: Tundra

2: Taiga

3: Deciduous trees

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

https://nos.nl/artikel/2351966-krater-in-rusland-steeds-groter-door-ontdooiing-permafrost.html

Taiga

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

Which one doesn't belong there?

1

2

3

Penguins live at the South Polel

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Assigment 2, 3 and 4

§2.3 Inuit in the artic