Zoya Salahuddin What is the Arctic? The Arctic is an exciting place full of animals and people. There are many types of animals that have their own habitat and it isn’t all frozen. The animals vary in size and characteristics. The Arctic has eight nations within it. They are Canada‚ Denmark (Greenland)‚ Finland‚ Iceland‚ Norway‚ Russia‚ Sweden and the United States. It is an area with 2 million people in it and over 50 languages. One reason that it is a very important area is because of how
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Climate change in Russia’s Arctic tundra 1. Key words Fill the gaps in the sentences using these key words from the text. Tundra‚ permafrost‚ swamp‚ wilderness‚ landslide‚ Catastrophic‚ indigenous‚ itinerant‚ unmistakeable‚ impenetrable 1. The _______________ people of a particular place have lived there for a very long time before other people came to live there. 2. A _______________ situation or event causes a lot of damage or makes a lot of people suffer. 3. A _______________ is
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ecosystems: the arctic tundra and the alpine tundra. The tundra biome has several unique characteristics. The climate is very cold there is little diversity‚ and a "short season of growth and reproduction occurs" (1). The Finnish word tunturia‚ which means treeless plain‚ was the inspiration for the words tundra (4). The formation‚ plants‚ and animals that are associated with this biome have several attributes that make them remarkable‚ and this biome is also effected by human actions. The arctic tundra
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In The Circle by Dave Eggers‚ it is shown in the beginning that working at The Circle is a dream come true. It is an innovative company that produces new and improving technology. The company improves the daily lives of people with the new technology they create. They believe in “transparency”‚ meaning everything should be known and nothing should be kept hidden. Everyone at work is required to participate in the company’s social media and social events‚ so that employees within the company are able
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There are many factors that make the Arctic tundra biome an extreme environment. There are only two seasons in this biome‚ winter and summer. The winters are characterised as long and cold where temperatures can drop below -50°C. There are also parts of the Arctic Circle that experience periods of time without sunlight known as polar nights‚ this can last for several months. During the winter months food is very scarce. The summers are characterised as being short and cool‚ with average temperatures
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The Arctic and Antarctic regions are home to some of the coldest and unapproachable landscapes in existence‚ making them the two of the most underdeveloped areas known to man. While located at the two extremes of the Earth‚ both the North Pole and South Pole play a similar and important role in the balance of our planet. The North Pole is located at the highest point in the globe‚ and is one of two axis points that the Earth rotates on. It has no land mass and consists only of ice‚ which constantly
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The Arctic Fox By Rebekah Mackinnon‚ Grade 3 Project due‚ January 23‚ 2013 The Arctic Fox is a cute ball of white fluff. They are the size of a cat. They have short ears and legs; they have
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The circle/hoop has many significant uses and purposes in the daily life of the Sioux. Many items and plans have a circle integrated into them. For example‚ the Sioux hold on to trust‚ relations‚ and connections. Another reason why the tribe values a circle‚ is because of their beliefs and ideas of the gods. When the tribe sets up the village‚ the people circle around the most powerful figures in the tribe. Not only do they live like a circle‚ they also have dances and rituals in a circular pattern
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“The Circle‚” by Dave Eggers is a novel that centers around a girl named Mae Holland‚ who works at an internet technology company called The Circle that pursues to control flow of information in turn they can takeover the whole world. Mae unknowingly take part of the operation to complete the Circle and eventually be the face of it despite hurting her some of her friends and family members along the way. Many people closed to Mae such as her ex-boyfriend Mercer and her mysterious partner Kalden(who
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Today’s society is becoming more and more dependent on technology. Among the different generations ranging from the elderly‚ to the new generation‚ technology use is on the opposite ends for each generation. In The Circle‚ Dave Eggers depicts the horrors of advancement in technology. With the parallels between the novel and the present‚ Eggers uses the fictitious society to warn us about the possible future outcomes such as the loss of privacy‚ constant need for affirmation‚ prominence of becoming
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