Thinkabara🐻❄️ Polar Bear Facts for Kids
🐾 Mammals Grades K–5
The polar bear is a meat-eating mammal that lives in North America, Europe and Asia. Polar bears are the largest land carnivores.
🐻❄️ Polar Bear fact file
- Scientific name
- Ursus maritimus
- Animal group
- Mammal
- Where it lives
- North America, Europe and Asia
- Habitat
- Sea ice and coasts of the Arctic, including Alaska
- Diet
- Carnivore (meat-eater) — Mostly seals
- Size
- About 7 to 8 feet long
- Weight
- Females about 330–650 lb; males about 775–1,500 lb
- Life span
- About 25 years
- Status
- Vulnerable
📏 Standing on its back legs, a big male polar bear can be about as tall as a basketball hoop (10 feet).
⭐ 5 fun facts about polar bears
- Polar bears are the largest land carnivores.
- Their skin is black and their fur is see-through — it only looks white.
- Polar bears are excellent swimmers and can swim for days.
- They can smell a seal from about a mile away.
- Scientists call polar bears marine mammals because they depend on the ocean ice.
Where do polar bears live?
Wild polar bears are found in North America, Europe and Asia. Sea ice and coasts of the Arctic, including Alaska. If you want to see one in the United States, you might spot one in the wild — or visit a zoo or wildlife park.
What do polar bears eat?
Polar bears are carnivores, which means they eat other animals. Their menu: mostly seals.
Is the polar bear endangered?
Status: Vulnerable. That means its numbers are dropping or at risk, so scientists keep a close eye on it. You can help wild animals by learning about them, saving energy, cutting down on plastic and supporting zoos, aquariums and parks that protect wildlife.
Polar Bear quiz
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On which continent can you find wild polar bears?
✏️ Write about the polar bear
1. The most surprising fact I learned is…
2. If I could ask a polar bear one question, I would ask…
3. Draw the polar bear in its habitat:
Polar Bear questions kids ask
Where do polar bears live?
Polar bears live in North America, Europe and Asia. Their habitat: Sea ice and coasts of the Arctic, including Alaska.
What do polar bears eat?
Polar bears are carnivores (meat-eater). They eat: Mostly seals.
How big is a polar bear?
About 7 to 8 feet long. Weight: Females about 330–650 lb; males about 775–1,500 lb. Standing on its back legs, a big male polar bear can be about as tall as a basketball hoop (10 feet).
How long do polar bears live?
About 25 years.
Is the polar bear endangered?
Its conservation status is: Vulnerable. That means its numbers are dropping or at risk, so scientists keep a close eye on it.
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