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What is the layer of fat that insulates many polar animals from the cold called?
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∙ 14y ago
It is called blubber.
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Why do penguins have a layer of fat in their body?
The layer of fat under their skin insulates them against the cold - just as it does in polar bears.
How do polar bears seal and penguins keep warm in cold places?
They have a thick layer of skin called blubber and they are warm blooded animals
What is the apropiete definition for to know what blubber means?
Blubber is the layer of fat that keeps animals warm. These animals include polar bears, whales, and seals.
What is the layer of soil in the polar tundra that is frozen all year called?
Perma frost
What protects the bodies of animals that live in the northern polar region?
if you are asking how does it keep warm polar bears have a layer of fat which they use for insulation also there fur is pretty thick
How does a polar bear fur acts as an insulator?
It is not the fur that insulates the polar bear. The polar bear's skin is black, so it absorbs heat and keeps heat inside the body. The white fur is merely for camouflage.
What are animals called that have a thick fur coat for a cold climate?
polar bears
What are the food of the polar animals?
fish or other polar animals
Which animals have thick fur coats?
Many animals including whales, seals, manatees and penguins have a thick layer of fat called blubber. Only marine animals have blubber (but not every marine animal). Blubber provides buoyancy, hydrodynamic shape, and stores energy.
How does the polar bear survive in the Arctic environment?
Polar bears have white fur which lets them blend in with the snow. They eat seals and other arctic animals. They also have a thick layer of fat to help insulate them from the cold.
How does the depletion of the ozone layer affect polar bears?
Depletion of ozone layer causes the ice caps to melt. This affects the polar bears.
What is a noctiluent?
they are tenuous cloud-like phenomena with a ragged edge of a much brighter and pervasive polar cloud layer called polar mesospheric clouds in the upper atmosphere, visible in a deep twilight.
