BrandonWeston

**﻿ANTARCTICA **

5 THEAMS OF GEOGRAPHY Antarctica is located at the southern tip of the Earth. It is mostly covered in snow and ice. Just south of South America, Antarctica the weather is always below freezing. There are lakes and rivers here but they are frozen over or are melt water from glaciers. Global warming is speeding up the melting so animals like pinguins are losing their homes. Mostly only scientists live here because they conduct experiments here. They usually don’t permanently live here. Since nobody was born here everyone came from the other six continents. People here have to wear three layers of clothing to keep them warm. The layers are the foundation to keep the body heat close to the user, the insulation to keep the body insulated, and the outer shell to keep the insulation warm and dry. An amazing light show happens here, it is callen an aroura borealis which is gasses in the Eatrth's atmosphere glowing to look like streams of light. People call it the " Southern Lights ".

The average temperature is 50 degrees fahrenheit (10 degrees celcius). ﻿ANIMALS OF ANTARCTICA Polar bears don’t exist in the southern hemisphere only in the northern hemisphere. There is not nearly enough food for them to eat. No animal pirmanitely lives here. Other animals that do come here are The Leopard Seal which is a carnivorous seal with large teeth, the Emporer penguins that gather here to mate, Elephant seals, whales, and many other animals like penguins, or fish.

HOW BIG IS A﻿NTARCTICA?????

Antarctica is the fifth largest continent in the world. It is exactly 5.4 million square miles. Antarctica is about the size of the United States of America.

DOES ANTARCTICA HAVE A FLAG????? There is a flag of Antarctica but it’s not a nation flag. Antarctica is not owned by anyone or governed by anyone. No one wants to live here so no nations claimed it. Countries share it and experiment with science.

WHAT DO THE PEOPLE IN ANTACTICA EAT?????

People in Antarctica lost a lot of energy by doing too much work in Antarctica many years ago. They got energy back by eating things like vegetables. People lost three times more energy because they had to wear so much heavy clothing. One man saw everyone eating chocolate for a quick snack. He tried to eat healthier, by bringing two sandwiches. After five minutes of sucking on a corner, he noticed why everyone brought chocolate. Chocolate doesn't freeze very hard. [] Antarctica was once at the equator and had many types of dinosaurs and plants. Continental drift moved Antarctica to the south. Tropical plants grew very well untill the continents seperated. Many dinosaurs lived here eating the plants or eachother. [] Antarctica is believed to have many minerals because when all the continents were connected as Pangaea, the minerals in Africa and South America would be the same because of how the continents were formed together. [] In the summer, the sun never sets. In the winter the sun never rises. The tilt of the earth changes so that the sun is always facing - or never faces the South pole. If you don't have a calander and clock, you'll lose track of time.