Nature & animals
The “The polar regions and their wildlife” quiz — Nature & animals. It has 25 questions in five categories: Arctic wildlife, Antarctic wildlife, Realm of ice, Polar phenomena, Polar expeditions. Questions get harder as the points go up, from 100 to 500.
The 100- and 200-point questions are open here. The rest show only their first words, and there are no answers: all of that is in the game itself.
Beneath its thick coat of translucent fur, what color is the skin of a polar bear to maximize heat absorption?
What is the name of this pictured Arctic whale, nicknamed the unicorn of the sea for the long spiral tusk of the males?
Which pictured slender seabird…
In the gameScientists used radiocarbon dating…
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In the gameWhich species is the largest of all living penguins, famously breeding on sea ice during the dark Antarctic winter?
What is the name of this pictured spotted Antarctic seal, a formidable apex predator that actively hunts penguins?
Which small, shrimp-like crustaceans…
In the gameThe blood of Antarctic…
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In the gameApproximately what percentage of a floating iceberg's total volume is hidden beneath the ocean surface?
What term describes the massive, flat-topped and steep-sided icebergs that calve off Antarctic ice shelves?
Derived from an Inuit…
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Which natural light display, pictured here, appears in high-latitude night skies when solar wind charged particles collide with the upper atmosphere?
What name is given to the summer period within the polar circles when the Sun remains continuously above the horizon for 24 hours or more?
Which intense, gravity-driven winds…
In the gameWhich metallic chemical element…
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In the gameIn December 1911, which Norwegian explorer led the five-man team that became the first to reach the Geographic South Pole?
Which exploration ship of Sir Ernest Shackleton was crushed by Antarctic pack ice in 1915 and discovered remarkably intact on the seafloor in 2022?
Which British naval officer…
In the gameIn 1996, the United…
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In the gameAll 25 questions and the answers are in the game. Invite your class or friends with a link — guests need no account.