By Auburn, Akira, Elizabeth, and Matt
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BY AUBURN, AKIRA, ELIZABETH, AND MATT
The Arctic Tundra
THE FLORA (PLANTS, VEGETATION, ETC.)
The Tundra’s plants to not have colorful leaves. They are mainly aquatic. They do not like the cold wind chills, in fact, they grow under the wind-chill
Arctic Moss The Arctic Willow Labrador Tea
Bearberry
About the Flora
FAUNA (ANIMALS)
The Arctic Tundra’s animals need a thick coat of feathers or fur to stay warm
Caribou The Arctic Fox The Ermine (above)
The Harlequin Duck Grizzly Bear Polar Bear (Right)
The Big Animals in the Tundra
GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATIONS
CLIMATE/WEATHER
The climatographs
DA FOOD WEB
The Arctic Food Web
MAJOR LANDFORMS
There are a lot of plains known as a tundra. Also there are many hills, glaciers and small mountains.
The Tundra’s main landform, The landform created by the freezing and thawing of ice is called a “pingo”
a Tundra
Major Landforms
NATURAL RESOURCES
Natural Resources
Natural Gas Lake Crude Oil
Timber
PLACES OF INTEREST
Places of Interest
Canada, Alaska, Greenland, and N. Asia are all parts of the tundra’s biome
VOCABULARY WORDS
Permafrost- the permanently frozen ground between the soil surface in the arctic tundra.
Permafrost