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=Eliana's Antarctica Page =

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﻿28/04/2011 Week 1 Resources- Wiki answers.

Antarctica Question 1 How warm does it get in summer?

In Summer since Antarctica is a cold continent an average temperature would go up to -35 degrees Celsius in the warmer months.

Antarctica Question 2 How cold does it get?

In Antarctica the colder months' average temperature would get up to -70 degrees Celsius.

Antarctica Question 3 Who discovered Antarctica and when was it discovered?

Captain James Cook was the first to discover Antarctica on the 17th of January 1773 Antarctica reached a latitudeof 67 degrees. It is not clear whether or not Captain James Cook set his eyes on Antarctica since all the ice prevented any southward progress. Later the British Royal Navy sent William Smith with Edward Bransfield to search the waters south of newly claimed South Shetland Islands. It is claimed that they were the first to discover Antarctica.

Extra Information

<span style="background-color: #ff00b3; color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The interior of Antarctica is considered the world's driest desert because the strong and extreme cold freezes water vapour out of the air. <span style="background-color: #ff00b3; color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Annual snowfall on polar plateau is equivalent to 5cm of rain. <span style="background-color: #ff00b3; color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Antarctica has some of the strongest winds on earth, some winds on Antarctica have reached 320 kph.

Week 1
Friday 29/04/2011 Information on an Antarctica animal I did penguins A penguin is not a fish or a bird. In Antarctica there are 17 different types of penguins and they are: Adele, Black-footed, Chinstrap, **Emperor, Erectrested, Fiordland, Gentoo, Galapagos, Humboldt, King, Little blue, Magellanic, Macaroni, Rock Hopper, Royal, Snares Island, and the Yellow eyed penguin.** **Penguins mostly live in Antarctica, but they also live in many countries such as New Zealand.**

<span style="background-color: #ff0051; color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; line-height: normal;">**The most common penguin in Antarctica is the King Penguin. The King Penguin is the second largest penguin in Antarctica. The King Penguin is about 4 and a half feet tall.** **Unlike most animals, when a penguin lays an egg the male puts the egg on its feet to keep it off the ice.** **The female hunts for food, while the male is taking care of the egg.** ** When an average penguin is an adult, it mostly eats krill (which is a shrimp like creature), fish, and squid. Penguins are eaten mostly by sharks and leopard seals. Before the penguin is old enough to feed itself the mother has to feed the baby penguin. When its Winter the penguins have to huddle in their rockeries for warmth. ** = = = =  **Early penguin viewers who saw penguins swimming in the ocean wondered if they were a bird or a fish. They found out it was a bird because it has feathers and lives on land.** **The Little blue got its name because it is small and it has blue eyes.**

**Week 3** **Term 2** **Tuesday 10/5/11**

**1. Why do people go there?**

**There are many reasons people go to Antarctica, one reason is that in 50 or 60 years it might not be there due to global warming. Another reason is to carry out some information.**

**2. Are there volcanoes? How many? Where are they?**

**Antarctica contains active volcanoes, in Antarctica earthquakes are very rare. There are 20 volcanoes in Antarctica, 2 are active under the ice.**

**3. How many species of animals are there? Which are on land or from the sea?**

**Animals like penguins, seals and birds live on land and many fish, whales and seals under the ice.**

<span style="background-color: #00ff00; color: #ff0000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 90%; font-weight: normal;">**Week 5 Antarctica Questions** <span style="background-color: #00ff00; color: #ff0000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 90%; font-weight: normal;">**Done- Week 4 Friday 20/5/11**

<span style="background-color: #00ff00; color: #ff0000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 90%; font-weight: normal;">**Question 1- Most common species of penguin?**

<span style="background-color: #00ff00; color: #ff0000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 90%; font-weight: normal;">**In Antarctica Chinstrap Penguins are the most common.** <span style="background-color: #00ff00; color: #ff0000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 90%; font-weight: normal;">**The population of the penguins are:**

<span style="background-color: #00ff00; color: #ff0000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 90%; font-weight: normal;">**Macaroni Penguins- over 23 million, the reason they aren't most common is because most of their locations are outside the Antarctic.** <span style="background-color: #00ff00; color: #ff0000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 90%; font-weight: normal;">**Chinstrap Penguins- 13 million** <span style="background-color: #00ff00; color: #ff0000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 90%; font-weight: normal;">**Adelie Penguins- 8 million** <span style="background-color: #00ff00; color: #ff0000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 90%; font-weight: normal;">**King Penguins- 2 million** <span style="background-color: #00ff00; color: #ff0000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 90%; font-weight: normal;">**Gentoo Penguins- 600 thousand** <span style="background-color: #00ff00; color: #ff0000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 90%; font-weight: normal;">**Emperor Penguins- 300 thousand**

<span style="background-color: #00ff00; color: #ff0000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 90%; font-weight: normal;">**Question 2- How was Antarctica formed?**

<span style="background-color: #00ff00; color: #ff0000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 90%; font-weight: normal;">**The Antarctic continent has not always been where it is today nor has it been so cold. The presence of coal (formed from ancient vegetation), and fossils of tropical plants and animals show that Antarctica was considerably warmer. As it appears today Antarctica has existed for 60 million years. Somehow the continent has drifted to its present position, over the South Pole.**

<span style="background-color: #00ff00; color: #ff0000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 90%; font-weight: normal;">**Question 3- How big is Antarctica? What is the Area?**


 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> Antarctica is the fifth largest continent with the area of 14 million square kilometers.280 thousand square kilometers is ice free, while 13.72 million square kilometers is covered by ice.   **

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