Arctic Animal Adaptations
A third-grade science worksheet focusing on the adaptations of arctic animals to their cold environment.
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Arctic Animal Adaptations
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Read each question carefully and answer to the best of your ability. This worksheet is about how animals survive in the cold Arctic.
1. Which of these is an adaptation that helps arctic animals stay warm?
Thin fur
Blubber
Small ears
Both b and c
2. Polar bears have thick and a layer of to keep them warm in the cold.
3. The arctic fox changes its fur color from brown in summer to in winter to help it in the snow.
4. Arctic animals migrate to warmer places during the winter.
True
False
5. Name two animals that live in the Arctic and describe one adaptation each has for survival.
Match the arctic animal with its food source.
6. Polar Bear
a. Small rodents and birds
7. Arctic Fox
b. Seals
8. Narwhal
c. Fish and squid