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Tundra

Tundra. Feliks Golikov Jaina Lukose Greg Salisbury Help of Team A for Nicole Berman Team B. Biomes are a region where many of the same plants and animals live Earths life sphere is called a biosphere. D efinitions. B iomes Tundra Taiga Grassland Deciduous forest Desert

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Tundra

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  1. Tundra • FeliksGolikov • Jaina Lukose • Greg Salisbury • Help of Team A for • Nicole Berman • Team B

  2. Biomes are a region where many of the same plants and animals live • Earths life sphere is called a biosphere Definitions

  3. Biomes • Tundra • Taiga • Grassland • Deciduous forest • Desert • Tropical rainforest Life Zones

  4. Land Biomes

  5. Upper part of the world • Near North Pole • Alaska, North Canada, and Greenland • Summer = rivers form from snow Location

  6. Location of the tundra

  7. Coldest Biome • 2 seasons • Temperature from -26 to 4 degrees Celsius • 11 cm average rainfall • Very snowy • Short summers Climate

  8. Summer • All Daylight 24/7 • Lots of insects and small plants • Lasts 6-8 weeks • Mostly above 0 degrees Celsius • Many puddles and ponds Winter • Mostly dark • Animals hibernate/migrate • Lasts 10 months • Mostly -35 degrees Celsius • Frozen ground

  9. Plants • Mosses • Wildflower • Lichens

  10. Plants Adaptation • Mosses- grows in water, is a bryophyte • Wildflower- have tiny hairs and bloom in a few months • Lichens- can survive all year long

  11. Plants and Adaptation Purple Saxifrage • Purple Saxifrage –keeps itself warm in strong winds and cold temperature • Prairie Crocus –use sunlight to produce flower Prairie Crocus

  12. Animals and Adaptations • Thick fur • short ears to avoid losing body heat • strong feet and curved claws • camouflaged in winter • thick feathers • hardtoseeinthesnow • Coat changes color Caribou Snowy owl Arctic fox

  13. Environmental Issues

  14. Trans-Alaska Pipeline cuts through the tundra and cuts through habitats of animals

  15. Plants Adaptation • All plants are only a few centimeters tall • Short plants can survive extreme winds • No trees - permafrost

  16. Global warming causes ice to melt and makes it so polar bears can’t live

  17. Limited amount of nitrogen in soil and most is in permafrost

  18. Hunting • Rare species • Get paid for hunting

  19. No Trees • Soil too frozen • Summer isn’t long enough • Cannot withstand wind

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