THE
TUNDRA
TUNDRA PLANTS
By Haley Bogle
What is the reproduction of the
plants there?
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Plants spread their seeds to reproduce
Soil is permanently frozen(permafrost)
Needs to thaw out in order to be
reproduced
What are the types of plants that live in this area and
what are they like?
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Lichens, mosses: grow
close to ground and out
of cold wind
Mosses: thick, green,
and tightly packed
Lichens: made of 2
organisms( fungus,
green algae)
What is the growing season
here?
Flowers, shrubs grow in Summer
 Mosses and lichens grow in Winter due to ground
closeness to not be hurt
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The Effects of the land
Mining and
drilling- pollute
 Hunters
 Construction
trucks,
bulldozers- expose
permafrost and
melts it
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SO THAT’S THE PLANT LIFE
NOW LETS MOVE ON TO
ZACH WITH THE WEATHER
TUNDRA WEATHER
By Zach
Longeill
What is the climate like in your biome?
Icy and
snowy
 Cold all year
 Near north
and south
pole
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What is the range and average
precipitation?
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No more than a desert
15-25cm
-20 degrees=average
Summer=45 degrees
What is the range and average
temperature?
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Frozen all year
Dry and cold
Frozen soil(permafrost)
Low strong wind
Lowest=60 degrees Fahrenheit
What are the water resources in this
biome?
Shallow ponds due to non-soak able
permafrost
 Ocean melts in summer
 Ice is turning into water
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LITTLE TIP: IF YOU EVER GO
TO THE TUNDRA I SUGGEST
BRINGING A JACKET, LETS
MOVE ONTO ZANE WITH
THE TUNDRA’S INTERESTING
LAND
By Zane Mikula
Where in the world is this biome?
Northern Europe
Northern Siberia
Northern parts of North
America
covers 1/5 of Earth’s
surface
What is the soil like in your biome?
Permafrost( frozen
soil)
 1,000 feet below
Earth’s surface
 Low on nutrients
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What landforms are located in your
biome?
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Glaciers in
mountains
Rocky soil
Treeless bottoms
High mountain
peaks at toe
What are the different elevations in
your biome?
What are the important places that
are in this biome?
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Yenisei River
Wrangel Island
Whale bone River
Wral Mountains
Yomal Peninsula
COOL RIGHT?! NOW LETS
EXPLORE THE CREATURES OF
THE TUNDRA WITH EMMA
By Emma Bocciarelli
What are the kinds of animals that live
in this area? Polar Bears
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mammal, consumer, carnivore
Males= 10 feet long, 1000
pounds
Females= half male size
Birth in Winter in caves
Eat whales, walruses, lemmings,
arctic foxes, birds and seals
Live 15-20 years
Good sense of smell
Strong legs
Webbed feet
Endangered, 40,000 left
Musk Ox
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Herbivore, consumer, mammal
400-900 pounds (largest tundra
herbivore)
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Thick fur
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Travel in herds of 10-30
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Eat willow shoots, lichens,
grasses, shrubs
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6-7.5 feet
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Male have horns( “boss”)
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Mate in late summer, early fall
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8 months pregnant
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Live 24 years
Lichen
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Producer, plant
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Made of fungi and green algae
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Algae gives plant food
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Lichen give algae safe home
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15, 000 types of lichen
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Grow to elephant size
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One was found 4,000 years old
Mosses and flowers
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MOSSES
Producers, plant
Thick, green
Packed mats
Sphagnum moss-colorful
Absorb water from air moisture
FLOWERS
Producers
Growing season- 3 months
Bloom quickly
Poppies, bluebells, fireweed,
heather poppies
Purple, yellow red ect.
Tundra Swan
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Omnivore, consumer, bird
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Lives 20 years
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8-23 pounds
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4-5 feet wingspan
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Breed in arctic then migrate to Atlantic,
Pacific coastlines, bays, lakes
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Fly 3,725 miles
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Lay 4 eggs, incubates- 32 days
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Sleep afloat
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Speedy swimmers
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Dip heads in water to pluck up plants,
tubers, roots, shellfish
Predators= foxes, jaegers
What is an example of a food chain
that lives here?
Secondary Consumers:
Snowy Owls
Arctic Fox
Primary Consumers:
Insects
lemmings
Primary Producers:
Grasses
Sedges
willows
Describe the adaptations that the organisms
have to make in order to survive
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Hide under snow
Grow thick fur or extra
fat layers(blubber)
Migrate or stay and
sleep
Use long wings to
catch prey
Wrap fuzzy tail
around body
Long claws
Describe any symbiotic relationships that may occur in
this biome: mutualism
Lichens= made of
fungus and green
algae
 Algae gives sugars
that fungus eats
 Fungus provides
protection by
retaining water and
obtaining minerals
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Parasitism
Liver tapeworm cysts
 Grow in animals(
moose, caribou)
 Feed on food eaten
by animal
 Then gives
malnutrition to
animal( host)
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Commensalism
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Caribou feed on lichens during
coldness
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Arctic Fox follows
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Caribou digs for mammals
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When done, fox digs deeper for
more
Caribou= unaffected, fox= gets
food with caribous hunting help
Zach Longeill Haley Bogle
Emma Bocciarelli
Zane Mikula