Polar Adventure Trivia Quiz

Answer: Arctic hare

Arctic hares are important in the lives of Native Americans. They are hunted for their fur and their meat. Their fur is used to make clothing. Arctic hares do not hibernate in the winter. Instead, they dig shelters in the snow and stay close to each other to keep warm.

Answer: red fox

The fur of the red fox is usually long and thick. They have long strong legs with sharp claws and they can jump as high as 6.5 feet. They feed on smaller animals such as squirrels, chickens, small reptiles and rabbits. They also eat eggs and grass. They are also scavengers.

These animals make a wide range of sounds for different situations. humans, golden eagles and bears are predators of the red fox.

Answer: No

The animal I met was a wolverine. It is an animal that is stocky and muscular. Despite its size it is a powerful predator that can kill animals that are much larger than its size. Wolverines are prevalent in Arctic regions such as Alaska, Siberia and Northern Canada. Wolverines are solitary animals.

Answer: Eurasian wolf

The Eurasian wolf is a social animal which travels around in packs. They are very territorial animals which use scent marking, howling and direct attacks to defend their territories. An Eurasian wolf will stay with its mate for life unless one dies. Interestingly, males have been seen exhibiting homosexual behaviour.

Answer: No

The bird Verne47 saw was a snowy owl. Snowy owls have yellow eyes and white feathers. The female birds have black spots like the one shown in the photo but the males are almost pure white. Snowy owls do not have many predators and are well equipped to deal with threats that arise during the nesting season as they nest on the ground. Screech owls are mainly found in the Andes.

Answer: a muskox

Musk-oxen are quite at home in the Arctic region. Many of these animals can be found in the Canadian Arctic and Greenland. They are well insulated and adapt well to extreme cold. Musk-oxen have long, curved horns regardless of their gender. These animals are herbivores and eat grasses, mosses, lichens and woody plants.

They are mainly preyed upon by Arctic wolves. Humans sometimes domesticate these animals for meat, milk and wool.

Answer: a caribou

Caribou can be found in Arctic regions such as North America, Alaska and Canada. They are very fast runners and they travel in herds when travelling to feeding grounds. They are also very good swimmers. The hooves of caribou are sponge-like in the summer so that extra traction is provided and in the winter the hooves become thicker and the pads on the toes harden and become hornlike.

The caribou are then able to use their hooves to cut through the snow to uncover food during the winter.

Answer: ptarmigan

The ptarmigan is a type of grouse. It lives in remote Arctic and sub-Arctic areas and therefore have few predators. In the winter the feathers of the ptarmigan are white except for the tail which is black but they change to brown in spring or summer. Ptarmigans eat mostly young plants. berries, grains and seeds.

In the winter they scratch away snow so that they can eat the moss that is beneath it.

Answer: Polar

The polar bear lives mostly in the Arctic Circle. It is classified as a vulnerable species. The polar bear is regarded as a marine mammal because it spends a lot of time at sea. They are very good swimmers and can swim for very long periods. Polar bears are well insulated and if the temperature rises above 10 degrees centigrade they will overheat.

Their main diet consists of seals and fish.

Answer: a walrus

The walrus may be found in the subarctic seas of the Northern Hemisphere as well as in the Arctic Ocean and around the North Pole. They can dive as deep as 80 metres to search for food on the sea floor. Their diet consists of shrimp, certain molluscs, corals and sea cucumbers as well as other things found on the sea floor.

The killer whale and the polar bear are the only natural predators of this sea mammal.