Arctic Ocean Animals Adaptations
Divide students into small groups or pairs.
Arctic ocean animals adaptations. Facts about animal adaptations 1: How the arctic ocean is difficult for organisms to survive. With its thick whiskers, the walrus feels around in the water for krill and on the ocean floor for shellfish.
It is not a quick process! Have students use the national geographic animals website and library resources. But with a regular temperature reaching near freezing and limited sunlight, only certain plants and animals can survive in the arctic ocean.
These large marine mammals, who move easily between ice, water and land, are part of the diverse fauna of the arctic ocean. Temperatures vary dramatically between the surface and the ocean floor. Animals adapt to their environments to help them survive.
Microscopic phytoplankton and ice algae. The lessons progress to cover varied topics and skills needed for a science research expedition in the polar regions. Natural selection over many generations results in helpful traits becoming more common in a population.
Adaptations are like super powers for animals and plants! Adaptations of animals living in the arctic. Layers of blubber protect the walruses when they swim in the freezing arctic seas and when they lie out on the ice in the bitter cold wind.
The ocean has three broad habitats: It rarely gets above 50 °f in most of the region. These animals depend on eating large quantities of krill for survival in the harsh climate.