Adrienne w. Breshara s. THE TUNDRA The Tundra are among Earths coldest harshest biomes. The Tundra ecosystem are treeless regions that are found in the Arctic in on the top of the mountains. The Arctic Tundra is changing dramatically due to the global warming. That more southern animals like the red fox have moved into the tundra. The Arctic Tundra average temperature is to 10 to 20 degrees Fahrenheit(-12to-6) degrees Celsius GENERAL INFORMATION Strong wind Rainfall Short summer days Long and cold winter nights Soil Permafrost Layer ABIOTIC FACTORS The BearBerry Labrador Tea Pasque Flower DOMINANT PLANTS Musk ox Artic Fox Polar Bear Caribou Artic Hare Rock Ptarmigah Water Birds DOMINANT WILDLIFE GRAPH The graphical distribution of the tundra biome is that larger poleward of 60 degrees north latitude. Tundra biome is characterized by the absence of the trees and presence of dwarf plants and the ground surface is wet spongy and hummocky GRAPH DISTRIBUTION The word tundra comes from the finnish word tunturian which means treeland During the summer it is daylight 24 hours a day The tundra biome is the driest place on earth The tundra biome covers up 20 percent of the earth The largest animal that lives in the tundra is the polar bear The tundra biome has about 400 varieties of flowers but only 48 different animals INTERESTING FACTS What is the average tempture in the tundra? Give me 2 animals that live in the tundra. Is the tundra the driest or the wettest place on earth? What animal had move in the tundra? How many different animals are in the tundra? QUESTIONS itats/tundra-profile/itats/tundra-profile/ distribution.html RESOURCES