THE ANIMALS IN THE OUR BIOME.
 The alpaca
 The chinchilla
 The mountain goat
 The vicuna
 The Andean condor
 The llama
 The snow leapord
 The Yak
THE PLANTS OF THE ALPINE ARE…
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The Alpine Phacenia
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The Bristlecone Pine
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The Poly Lapis Forest
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The Wild Potato
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The Bear grass
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The Moss Campaign
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The Pygmy Bitteropt
PHYSICAL FEATURES OF THE ALPINE ARE…
 Cold all year round
 Summer temp. is -12 degrees C and -10 degrees C
 It’s like a tundra, dry and cold
 At night it’s below 0 and freezzing
WHERE IS THE ALPINE BIOME IS LOCATED?
 It is located where trees can’t grow
 The biome covers about 60% of the earth.
THE BIOTIC AND ABIOTIC FACTORS ARE…
Biotic
o Tussock grass
o Dwarf trees
o Small leafed shrubs
o The animals
Abiotic
o Temperature
o Sunlight
o Air
o Dirt
THE ADAPTED ANIMALS
 The Andean condor uses cliffs to fly
 Llamas have leather soles to protect from sharp rocks
 Mountain goats have round bodies to protect from the cold
 The snow leopard has a coat that lets them blend in with the rocks and snow.
 Vicuna has a thick round coat that traps layers of air close to the body.
ADAPTED PLANTS
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Alpine Phacelia grow on rocky areas on mountains
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Bear grass grows after a fire in the ashes like a phoenix
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Bristlecone pine makes needles with barely any energy
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Moss campaign grows lower and higher than Alpine
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Poly lapis forest grows at altitudes of 4,500 meters
WHAT WE SAW WAS…
See
1. Rocks
2. snow
Hear
1. Wind
2. Animals
Smell
1. The animals
2. The plants
Touch
1. Cold
2. Dry
Taste
1. Warm with fire
WERE WE HAPPY?
No were not happy. It was cold, dry, you could slip off a hill let gravity take you down
until you fall off a cliff and die.
OUR FOOD CHAIN
Sun-moss campaign-mountain goat- snow leopard- you
THANK YOU
www.blueplanet.org/alpine-plygn-page
www.blueplanet.org-/alpine- animal- page
www.blueplanet.org biomes.org/alpine-climate-page