The Land of the Midnight

science 3a Test your arctic the land of the science skills! midnight sun

Name: ......

This table shows when the North Pole Spring has sunlight and when it is dark. Summer Some of the numbers are missing. Can you work out what they should be? Sun Jan NO SUN for 77 more days 1st Winter Feb NO SUN for 46 more days 1st Mar NO SUN for more days 1st Autumn Mar Sun appears on horizon 18th Fill in the missing words to explain why Apr Sun all day for 175 more days 1st sometimes the Sun doesn’t set in May the Arctic. Sun all day for more days 1st Jun The Earth orbits around the Sun all day for more days 1st Jul . It is tilted at an Sun all day for 84 more days 1st Aug of about 23°. It tilts Sun all day for more days 1st Sep the Sun in summer, and Sun all day for 22 more days 1st Sep away from the Sun in . Sun sets today. It’s gone... 24th Oct NO SUN for 169 more days If you were at the North in 1st Nov NO SUN for more days the summer you would be in sunlight for 1st Dec hours - yes, even at midnight. NO SUN for more days 1st Here are the missing numbers – but where should they go? plankton algae ringed seal

53 17 114 108 145 138 arctic willow krill bee

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Name: ...... Complete this timeline to show the months of the year:

JAN JUN Winter Spring Summer Autumn Winter

Look at the pictures and labels. During which months do these things happen? Put the labels under the best place in the time line.

24 hours daylight Birds migrate Plants in bud

Ground squirrels Lemmings live in Pack ice hibernate deep burrows freezes

24 hours Arctic fox turns darkness white Caribou migrate

Plants in Pack ice Birds nest full bloom melts

Write two more seasonal events and put them in the chart.

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