Tundra
Produced and Presented by:
Amani Al-Naimi and
Houda Kerkadi
Location
The Tundra Is on top of North America
,Europe , and Asia . The Tundra Covers
1/10 of the world .
What is the Tundra?
• Tundra means upland, treeless and
mountain tract.
• There are 3 types of Tundra.
• Arctic Tundra
• Alpine Tundra
• Antarctic Tundra
• The Meaning of tundra: A treeless area
between the icecap and the tree line of
Arctic section.
Animals of the Tundra
Name:Alopex lagopus or
Arctic Fox
How this animal adapts:
growing long fur that
camouflages.
tends to eat whatever is
available the environment
around them.
It s movements are stealthy
due to need of snow on the
tundra. Its legs, ears and
muzzle are short to save heat
Name: Nyctea scandiaca or
the snowy owl
How does this animal
adapt:
Their wings they push around
them they bring about all the
heat out
Live in nests and under the
snow so they have less chance
of getting eaten.
Name: Oomingmak
or the musk ox
Name:Sea Bear or Ursus
How does this animal adapt:
Maritimus
How does this animal adapt:
one is that the hooves are
capable of breaking ice so the
oxen can drink during winter
when the lakes are frozen
thick fur insulates to keep oxen
warm.
eyes are adapted to see in
really bright lights or really dark
the horns warn off predators.
How this animal adapts:
Thick layer of blubber that is 4.5
inches deep
Empty gleams of their hair provide
them an outstanding filling
Ears and tail are short so they don’t
lose any heat.
Plants of the tundra
•.Arctic Moss- Arctic Moss can grow under fresh water
that is left on the surface of the tundra after the summer
•Arctic Willow- Arctic Willow is small and develops like a
carpet on the land to be protected from the wind and be near
the dirt, which gets warm in the sunlight.
•Bearberry-Since bearberry is a low increasing plant it can
stay out of the wind chill.
•Labrador Tea-They have adapted so that photosynthesis
(getting food from sunlight) can take place in the low light and
cold temperatures.
Weather in the Tundra
‘Summer Temperatures are 3- 12 Celsius
Winter temperatures are -30 Fahrenheit through most of
the arctic tundra
In January they increase to -40 Fahrenheit and now they
reached to -93 Fahrenheit
Rainfall in Tundra
• In the tundra there is not enough rainfall not
enough to keep the plants living in the summer
• There is about only 6-10 inches per year in the
Arctic tundra that also includes the snow melt
Killing the animals to get food and
clothes
• There is only about 1000 tigers in the
world today
• There is only about 20,000 polar bears
but coming to the thought that we as
humans are 6 billion!
Eskimos used to kill these rare animals
in order to het enough food and warm
clothes to survive in.
The care that some people do to
animals and plants
• Eskimo’s take care of animals that are
wild or there mother was captured or
killed
• They use the animals as a way to fish if
their not able to.
• Some Eskimo's they go and some
times take care of the plants that are
there because they will not see plants
this rare for a long time
Arctic Tundra
• Arctic Tundra occurs in Northern
Hemisphere.
• It is A big area of stark landscape.
• Frozen for much of a year
• Impossible for trees to grow
• Rocky land can only support low
growing plants .Such as moss, crow
berry, and blackberry.
• Winter-28 °C
• Summer-12 °C
Antarctic Tundra
• Occurs on Antarctica
• Too cold Dry to make food
• Have areas of rocky soil that support
plant life.
Alpine Tundra
• Alpine tundra does not contain any sort of
trees .
• Alpine tundra occurs in mountains
worldwide.
• The Alpine Tundra is not like other
biomes. This biome can be found at any
latitude on earth
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Credits
• Farrah-Lilia Kerkadi
• Mr. Noushal Amani’s Tutor