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Period 5 Tashim Lorenzo Coiln McComas. Biome: Tundra . Where tundra are found . Found in the northern hemisphere. A Climate Diagram . Different maps Short growing season Low temperature below zero degree Celsius. Major Characteristic . Has very low temperatures
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Period 5 Tashim Lorenzo Coiln McComas Biome: Tundra
Where tundra are found Found in the northern hemisphere
A Climate Diagram • Different maps • Short growing season • Low temperature below zero degree Celsius
Major Characteristic • Has very low temperatures • Very little precipitation • Treeless • Very little nutrients • Short growing season
Major plant life Alpine Tussock grasses Dwarf trees Small leaf shrubs Heaths • Arctic • Low shrubs ,sedges , reindeer mosses ,liverworts , and grass • 400 different flowers • crustose and foliose lichen • No trees
Examples of animals ( Arctic) • Mammals: lemmings, voles, caribou, arctic hares and squirrels, arctic foxes, wolves, and polar bears • Birds :ravens, snow buntings, falcons, loons, sandpipers, terns, snow birds, and various species of gulls • Fish: cod, flatfish, salmon, and trout • Insects: mosquitoes, flies, moths, grasshoppers, black flies and arctic bumble bees
Example of animals (Alpine) • Mammals: picas, marmots, mountain goats, sheep, elk • Birds: grouse like birds • Insects: springtails, beetles, grasshoppers, butterflies
Other interesting Facts • Coldest of all biome • Its treeless • Average temperature -34 in winter • Arctic growing season 50-60 days • Alpine 180 day growing season
Reference • Greenwich Public Schools: Tundra Biome(http://www.greenwichschools.org/page.cfm?p=3631) • Knowledge Project(http://www.nature.com/scitable/content/tundra-biome-climate-diagram-13308130) • The Tundra Biome(http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/exhibits/biomes/tundra.php) • Google image www.google.com