TundraProduced 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 TundraName: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:Sea Bear or Ursus Maritimus

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.

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: Oomingmakor the musk ox

How does this animal adapt:

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.

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