Biome: Tundra
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BIOME: TUNDRA
Period 5 Tashim Lorenzo
Coiln McComas
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 Arctic Low shrubs ,sedges ,
reindeer mosses ,liverworts , and grass
400 different flowers crustose and foliose
lichen No trees
Alpine Tussock grassesDwarf trees Small leaf shrubs Heaths
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)
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