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Polar Bear: Fast Facts

Polar bears are massive, carnivorous mammals that live in the Arctic region. They are the largest land predators and can be found along Arctic coasts and sea ice. Polar bears have thick white fur but black skin, and a thick layer of blubber keeps them warm in extreme cold. Their preferred food is seal, which they hunt by waiting at breathing holes in the ice.

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Polar Bear: Fast Facts

Polar bears are massive, carnivorous mammals that live in the Arctic region. They are the largest land predators and can be found along Arctic coasts and sea ice. Polar bears have thick white fur but black skin, and a thick layer of blubber keeps them warm in extreme cold. Their preferred food is seal, which they hunt by waiting at breathing holes in the ice.

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Polar bear

Polar bears are massive bears that live in

the Arctic region. They are the largest


Fast Facts
meat-eating land animals on earth. They Type: Mammal

Size: 9.8 feet long


can be found along the shores and sea ice
Weight: 990 pounds
of the Arctic Ocean. The Arctic Ocean
Life span: 20 - 30 years
borders Canada, Alaska (US), Russia,
Habitat: The Arctic
Greenland (Denmark), and Norway.
Population: 25,000

Diet: Carnivore
They have thick, white fur, but their skin

underneath is actually black. Their fur, as

well as a layer of fat keeps it warm in the extremely cold temperatures. This layer

of fat is 4 inches thick and

is called ‘blubber’.

Their favorite food is seal.

To look for food, they just

wait at breathing holes in the ice

for seals to come to the surface.

Sometimes they also hunt under

water. They are excellent swimmers.

They use their front paws to steer

and their hind feet to paddle.


Choose the best answers for the questions below. Some questions may have more
than one correct answer.

1) Where do polar bears live? 4) What do polar bears mostly eat?


a. In the Arctic region. a. Grasses and leaves b. Seals
b. In tropical rainforests. c. Blubber d. Fish
c. In the Pacific Ocean.
5) How do polar bears hunt for food?
d. On grasslands.
a. They chase their prey until it is
2) Which of the following countries are exhausted.
home to polar bears? b. They hunt under water.
a. United States b. South Africa c. They catch fish in rivers.
c. China d. Canada d. They wait until seal come to shore to
e. Norway f. Brazil breath.

3) What is the color of a polar bear’s


skin?
a. Black b. White

Unscramble the words. Hints are given below.

1) blbeubr _______
A layer of fat underneath its skin.

2) asirus ______
A country where polar bears can be
found.

3) etesr _____
They use their front paws to … when
they swim.

4) vricaenro _________
An animal that only eats meat.

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