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The
Tundra
By Nolan Keckley, Curren
Havens, and Trevor
McClellan
Meteorology
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During winters, temperatures can dip to
-94 degrees F.
Temperatures in the tundra usually
don’t get past 45 degrees F.
The main seasons are summer and winter.
During the summer, the sun shines almost
24 hours a day.
Yearly precipitation is 6-10 inches of
snow.
Temperature graph
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Temp.
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Winter
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Spring
Summer
Fall
Weather can be very different
throughout the year.
Physical Features
 Ground
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is always frozen
It can be frozen from 10in. to 3ft.
 Some
parts are mountainous
 Bare and rocky ground
Map of the Tundra
The Arctic Hare and the Arctic
Wolf
The Arctic Hare
 Has big, powerful
feet that help it hop
on snow
 Has small ears that
minimize heat loss
 Fur turns white in
the winter, and gray
in the summer
The Arctic Wolf
•Has good eyesight,
good hearing, and a
keen sense of smell
Weighs about2-20
pounds, and is 20
inches long not
including tail
Can be brown or
gray in the summer
and light blue or
gray in the winter.
The Polar Bear and the Ptarmigan
The Polar Bear
Has dense, white fur
and fat that protect it
Has a keen sense of
smell to smell food
Has a long body neck
and head
Males measure from
8-11 feet and weigh over
1,000 pounds
Females are usually 6
feet long and weigh 400500
Are about 40,000 left
The Ptarmigan
Has white
feathers that help
it hide in snow
Has feathers on
its feet that help it
run on snow
Build nests on
ground
Lay about 4-15
eggs
Eggs are creamy
The Snow Goose
 Has
webbed feet that help it swim
 Immature geese have dirty white or
brownish feathers
 Adult geese can have white or light blue
feathers
 Weigh three and one fourth to eight
and three fourths
Labrador Tea
Can be brewed into tea
 4-5 feet tall.
o Rich in vitamin C
 Known to keep mice
away.
 Pointy. Black, white ,
orange flowers, wooly
branches.
 Bees attracted by this
flower
 Not eaten too
poisoned.
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Lichen
It grows on rocks
 Unusual organisms that grow on
rocks
 It’s a composed fungus
 It’s also an algae
 Turns different colors in autumn
 Caribou and musk oxen eat lichen
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Tufted Saxifrage
 Stems
can get to be 3-15 cm. high
 Has 2-10 flowers on the top of each
stem
 Flowers have 5 petals
 Caribou, wolves, and many birds such as
the snow goose eat it
 Has rigid leaves that can grow 5-10 mm.
long
 Grows small fruit with many seeds
Pollution
Pollution from
mining and drilling
for oil
 Polluted air, lakes,
water, and rivers
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Bibliography
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http://www.geocities.com/biome
webquest/PolarLands.html
http://www.enchantedlearning.co
m/coloring/arcticanimals.shtml
http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org
/tundra.htm
http://www.mbgnet.net/sets/tund
ra/index.htm
http://google.com “tundra”
Pipes, Rose. Tundra and Cold
Deserts. Raintree Steck Vaughn.
1999
“Tundra” World Book Encyclopedia
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