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The Tundra
Lauren Carroll, Scott Ledford, Ivan Sanchez
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Precipitation: in inches
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Temperature and Climate
• The average temp. in winter is -30 degrees.
• In summer its 50 degrees.
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The Growing Season last about 2 months and starts about mid-
summer.
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Where In The World are Tundra's?
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Unique Characteristics
• In the summer months, the sun shines all the time, even at midnight.
• The sun can stay below the horizon leaving the tundra dark for up to two months.
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Unique Characteristics
• As the sea freezes, the salt rises to the surface as ice crystals also called ice flowers.
• The tundra is the coldest and the driest of the biomes.
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Plants
• The yellow Tundra Flower is just a flowering shrub, also known as the shrubby cinquefoil
• The Bearberry is known for being best liked by bears.
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Plants
• Lichen is the most bizarre form of life, and is very sensitive to air pollution.
• The Pasque Flower is the first bloom of spring even before the ground has thawed.
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Plants
• Caribou Moss is known as the cladonia rangiferina it grows on ground and rocks, and can be up to 4 inches high.
• Tufted Saxifrage grows in a low tight cushion in order to trap the suns heat.
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Plants
• Rhododendron has waxy leaves that prevent water loss.
• Artic Poppy is known as a herb and is extremely tough and can grow up to 25 cm tall.
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Plants
• The Dwarf Willow Tree can only grow up to four inches tall, but can spread on the ground.
• Cotton Grass is a member of the Sedge family, and is not a form of grass.
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Animals
• Snowy Owls are also known as the Great White Owl. Can way anywhere from 3.5-6.6 pounds.
• The Artic Loon is one of the few birds to have solid bones.
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Animals
• King Penguins are the second largest penguins. Adults are average 90 cm tall.
• Puffins raise about 1 or 2 baby puffins a year. There colorful bills are used to catch many fish.
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Animals
• Snowshoe Hare has two coats one brown one white they also have huge back feet.
• The Musk Ox is huge and average 500-900 pounds.
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Animals
• Caribou is a member of the deer family, isn’t shy, hates flies, and is always moving.
• Gray Wolf is about 2.5 feet tall and is about 4-5 feet long and 80-90 pounds. They can also jump 12 feet high.
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Animals
• Emperor Penguins can live to be about 20 years old, and there body shape helps them survive.
• Polar Bears are the largest bears, they can weigh anywhere between 880-1500 pounds.
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Insects
• Surprisingly insects can survive in the Tundra, they are mosquitoes and black flies.
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SAVE THE POLAR BEARS!!!!!
• Polar Bears are becoming endangered because of global warming. There ice is melting and that’s where they spend most of their time.
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