Title: The Tundra Biome
1TheTundraBiome
Mrs. Becks Class
5th Grade
By C a s s
I d
y Pate
Sparta Elementary
2The Tundras Habitat
- The weather at the tundra is very chilly.
During the Winter it is the Coldest, and it is
snowy. The plants have a hard time growing,
because of this freezing weather. During the
months of the Summer, the ice starts to thaw out,
and this is when the plants can start to
reproduce, and grow. The types of soil on the
tundra is what causes these things to happen.
Even though the ice thaws out, some of it
doesnt. Permafrost is a layer of soil that stays
frozen all year. The top section of soil is the
one that does thaw out, and this lets some of the
plants grow. The tundra weather stays cold most
of the year. The tundras major land formation is
mountains.
3The Alpine Tundras Habitat
- The alpine tundra is just a different tundra.
The climate there is very harsh. It is so harsh
that the winds can get up to 100 mph (miles per
hour)! It is very cold and snowy. At some places
found here, the snow stays, and the frost-free
season is usually about one and a half months per
year. The major land formation here is also
mountains.
4Tundra Animals
- Polar bears- Polar bears eat fish, berries,
birds, leaves, and small and large animals.
- Snowy owls- Snowy owls can be found in
Greenland, Northern Eurasia, and arctic Canada.
- Tundra swan- The tundra swan lives in swamps,
marshes, and eats aquatic plants.
5Tundra Plants
- - Lichen- Lichen are plants that are not usual
plants. They grow on the outside of rocks. It can
turn varieties of colors in Autumn, and are made
up of algae, and fungus.
- Cushion plants- Cushion plants grow in a tight
clump, so they look like cushion. They are - common to grow in the tundra, where they are
protected from the freezing atmosphere.
- Cotton grass- Cotton grasses seeds are spread
all over the tundra. Example Dandelion
- Low growing shrubs- Low growing shrubs live in
the alpine tundra, and they grow on the high
mountaintops. If a piece of trash covers it, it
will die in just a few weeks.
6Locations of the Tundra and Alpine Tundra
Tundra
The tundra is found near the North Pole, which is
at the top of the Earth. This part of the world
covers a fifth of the Earths surface.
Alpine Tundra
You can find the alpine tundra is in the Indian
Peaks region of Colorado.
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8Resources on the Tundra
- The tundra is also a place where oil drilling
and mining has destroyed some spots. This is
dangerous to the tundra, because it pollutes the
ground, air, and water. The plants cant live
around the spots where oil mining and drilling,
because they wont survive. If people are working
on mining and drilling, they could accidently
cause an oil spillage, which is the greatest bad
thing to do. It is really bad, because the things
that it can cause are killing animals that
come close to the spill spot, and it pollutes the
ground, and the water. For maybe more than 10
years, plants cant grow, and animals will not
return to the place where the oil spilled. I
would never want this to happen anywhere, but
people make mistakes.
9Entertainment on the Tundra
You can also have a lot of fun at and around
the tundra! Here is a list of things you
could do
- Fishing Charters
- Portage Glacier
- Wildlife Cruises
- Alaska Sea Life Center
10Additional Facts about the Tundra
- The tundra has a lot more facts, and here are
some of them. The tundra has no trees. It can
also be called a frozen dessert. At the tundra ,
most of the year, there is a longer night than
day, and many animals migrate to the tundra in
the summer.
Video of the Tundra
11Works Cited
- http//www.mbagnet.net/sets/tundra/index.htm
- http//www.uwsp.edu/geo/projects/virtdept/ipvft/t
undra.html - http//www.farthernorth.com/biggamealaska/
- http//earthobservatory.nasa.gov/laboratory/Biome
/graphs.htmltundra - http//cirriculum.calstatela.edu/courses/builders
/lessons/less/biomes/tundra/tundraweb.html - http//library.thimkquest.org/CO11334/text/impact
.tundra.environment.oil.html -
12Continued Works Cited
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- http//www.sameanchorage.org/topics-tundra/thing_
to_do.htmlsights - http//www.canadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?Pgn
mTCEParamsAIARTA0000798 - http//www.bumblebee.org/
- http//www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/linksun/sun.htm
l - http//entarca.msn.com/encyclopedia_761557297/tun
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