Tundra

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Tundra
By Cameron Rijke
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The tundra is located in northern Canada,
Greenland, and northern Russia.

Location
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Climate

• The tundra climate is very cold and harsh.
• The average precipitation per year is 10 inches
  and almost all of that is snow.
• The average temperature is between -20 and -30
  degrees F.
• The highest temperature the tundra gets to is 50
  degrees F.

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The Polar Bear

• Scientific name Ursus maritimus
• Information on the habitat They live on land,
  but go hunting in the water.
• An interesting fact about the animals Their fur
  allows them to live in temperatures of -34
  degrees F.
• The adult polar bears fur is a little bit darker
  than a young polar bears.
• The males can weigh up to almost 1,000 lbs.
• Their scientific name means sea bear.

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Snowy Owl

• Scientific Name Nyctea scandiaca
• Information on habitat From one website it said
  that the snowy owl does not actually live in
  trees, it lives in little burrowed holes and it
  only go in trees to hunt. Another website said
  that it just perches on low to the ground
  branches.
• An interesting fact about the animal Their eyes
  take up more space in the skull than the brain.
• The females usually have many brown spots and
  lines on them, but the males usually have very
  few.
• Snowy owls hunt animals as big as arctic foxes.
• Unlike most owls the snowy owl is not nocturnal.

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Caribou Moss

• Scientific Name Cladonia rangiferina
• Information on the habitat This type of moss
  grow on rocks and on the ground.
• An interesting fact about the plants Even though
  it is called caribou moss it is actually a
  lichen.
• Its tissue is not easily damaged by frost so that
  helps it survive in the tundra.
• Lichen can survive a long period of time without
  water by simply going dormant which means they
  just go into a sleep.
• Even after staying dormant for a long time they
  can still begin to grow again.

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Pasque Flower

• Scientific Name Anemone patens.
• Information on habitat It grows close to the
  ground and almost all over the tundra.
• An interesting fact about the plants It is the
  state flower of South Dakota.
• Grow from 6-8 inches off the ground.
• It is covered with fine silky hair to insulate
  it.
• It is used for a cure for an eye disease called
  cataracts.

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The Tundra Food Web
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Current Problems

• Global warming is causing the ice caps to melt
  which forces animals to lose their habitats
  because there is less ice for the animals to live
  on. That has caused the polar bear to be
  endangered. It is also causing the tundra in
  Canada to turn into Boreal Forests. "The
  conventional thinking on treeline dynamics has
  been that advances are very slow because
  conditions are so harsh at these high latitudes
  and altitudes," said Dr. Ryan Danby, a biologist
  at the University of Alberta and lead author of
  the study. "But what our data indicates is that
  there was an upslope surge of trees in response
  to warmer temperatures. Its like it waited until
  conditions were just right and then it decided to
  get up and run, not just walk."

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Geography

• The tundra is the worlds youngest biome.
• It is a vast, treeless place.
• It covers 20 of the earths surface.
• The ground is permanently frozen.
• It has a fairly large amount of mountains

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Tundra Movie
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Questions

• 1. Global warming is causing the tundra in Canada
  to turn into Boreal Forests.
• A. True
• B. False

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Questions

• 2. The polar bears scientific name means
  ______________.

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Questions

• 3. The average temperature for the tundra is
• A. -120 through -150 degrees F
• B. 20 through 10 degrees F
• C. -20 through -30 degrees F

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Questions

• 4. The snowy owl is nocturnal.
• True
• False

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Questions

• 5. The Pasque flower is the state flower of
• New York
• South Dakota
• Oregon

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Questions

• 6. Does the tundra have trees?
• A. Yes
• B. No

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Questions

• 7. Has the tundra lately shrunk or grown?
• Shrunk
• Neither
• Grown

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Question

• 8. The tundra covers over 50 of the earths
  surface.
• A. True
• B. False

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Citations

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