Antarctica

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Antarctica by Chris
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Index
1. Facts about Antarctica
2. Map and Climate
3. Krills and Whales
4. Life on Artarctica
5. Quiz Questions
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Facts about Antartica
Discovery James Cook discovered the Antarctica
in 1775.
Size 1.4 times bigger than the USA, 58 times
bigger than the UK
Population There are NO permanent residents and
NO native population.
Day and Night Antarctica has six months of
daylight and six months of darkness. In
mid-summer, near the south pole, there is 24
hours of sunlight every day.
Water and Ice Antarctica contains over 70 of
the world's water and 90 of the world's ice,
within itself!
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Map Climate
Antarctica is the fifth largest of the seven
continents. Antarctica is the coldest continent
on the Earth.
TemperatureAverage summer temperature at South
Pole - 27.5C Average winter temperature at
South Pole - 60C Coldest Temperature
recorded - 89.7C
Labelled Diagram
Map of Antarctica
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Krills Whales
Humpback Whale
Sperm Whale
A full grown blue whale eats about 4 million
krill per day (krill are small shrimp-like
creatures), The daily intake would feed a human
for about 4 years!
Orca Whale
Blue Whale
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Life On Artarctica
Antarctica is the best place in the world to find
meteorites. Dark meteorites show up against the
white snow .
Antarctica has no trees or bushes at all !
Antarctica has an abundance of animal life, all
dependent on the sea. in fact the largest truly
land animal is a wingless midge about 13mm.
Wingless Midge
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Quiz Questions

• What number is Antarctica ranked
• as the biggest continent?

5th
Krills
2. It looks like shrimps and whales love to eat
them?
3. How many percent of the worlds water
that Antarctica holds?
70
No-one and Everyone".
4. Who owns Antarctica?
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Thank You