Tundra
By: Emily Fisk, Khira Monestersky,
Lindsey Hogan, Tyler Graham
Location
• Northern
hemisphere
Enviormental problems
• Atmosphere
• Terrain
– Animals
Arctic Fox
• Follows
• 10 – 12 inches
• 6 – 12 pounds
• Bushy tails
• Fur color
• Long fur
• 15 years
• Omnivore
Polar Bear
• Double layer
• Clear
• Black
• 8 – 11 feet
• 660 – 770 lbs.
• 880 – 990 lbs.
• 15 – 20 years
• Blubber
Ermine
•3 – 15 oz
• 7 – 13 inches
• 5 inches
• Coat
• Marten run
• 34 sharp teeth
• 4 – 7 years
• Carnivore
Arctic Willow
• 15 – 20 cm
• Dry, cold
• Oval
• 15-50 mm
• Spring
• Shallow roots
Labrador Tea
• 4-5 feet
• 1-2 inches
• Smooth upside
• Rusty downside
• June and July
• Tea
• Moths
• Medicine
• Wet meadows, bogs,
and forest areas
Pasque Flower
• Ranunculaceae family
• 6-8 inches
• Dark lavender and
white
• Silky hair
• Plum
• South Dakota
• Well drained, sandy,
and gravelly soils
• Eye problems
Climate
• Winter-30˚F
• Summer 3050˚F
• 6-10 inches
• 60 days
Climate
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Harsh winters
Freezes water
Little water
Algae
Work sited
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