Tundra Biome

I chose the song Tundra by Ola GJeilo because of its unique sound. The song sounds like no other song, and it is very original in my perspective. The song is performed beautifully by this choir, and it has a lot of potential. This song is a short, yet sweet piece that shows the beauty of Norway. This song exemplifies how poetry can be turned into music.

There is a lot of vegetation for them to make a good shelter. The shrubs would be good for making fires for next to your shelter. The people could dig a hole to use it a shelter year round. You could use it in the warmer, but still cold months to keep you out of the sun. With the little, but a lot of it, shrubs, they could make weapons like a spear or arrowhead to kill animals. And with the animals that they kill they could turn those into clothing year round. With it being cold all of the time there would be a lot of snow that they could use as water. You could do the same thing with the ice if you melted it. And one last positive is with the younger kids or the adults maby they could have snow fights.

Plant life tends to be of low growth and, during the short summer, the birds arrive in large numbers to feed on the insects that are born in this period. The climate is cold summers and very cold winters characterize the tundra area in the northern most limit plant growth. Areas

The muskox can survive in the tundra due to its large coat of rough hair on its body. It lives in the tundra to find what it needs to stay sustained such as roots, mosses and lichens.Next the Arctic Hare survives in the tundra because it has shortened ears and limbs, a wad small nose, fat that makes up 20% of its body, and a thick coat of fur. It live in the Tundra because that is its place of origin.Third the Polar Bear survives in the tundra because it has a big fur coat over a thick warm coat of fat. It stays in the arctic or tundra due to those locations have the food source they need to survive.Fourth the Arctic fox survives in the Tundra because the furry soles, short ears and short muzzle which are good for chilly climates. They stay

The biggest threat to the tundra is from oil and gas development that results in global warming. As the planet warms the permafrost melts and tundra ecosystems will collapse. Another, threat comes from airborne pollutants, which have brought measurable levels of pollutants such as DDT and PCB's to even remote areas because it is a great technical challenge to effect efficient sewage treatment in a cold environment. Lastly, the overpopulation of Canadian geese pose a threat to the tundra because the balance of the biome will be offset.

This tundra region spans an area of 26 million hectares. Around 24.2% of the land is covered by slow-growing forest. The remaining area is dominated by bogs, fens, and thousands of small lakes and ponds. Two-thirds of the area in this region is covered by muskeg, a type of acidic soil.

A lemming is and small rodent animal that lives in the arctic. And the biome called the tundra that is usually up north. The tundra is biome when it is cold, snowy, and dry. Plant life in the tundra is cold. They have a variety of plants there, they have bearberry, Caribou moss, Diamond leaf willow, Labrador Tea, Pasque Flower. Most animals that live in the tundra eats these plants to gain and use energy and season to stay warm. The tundra is a very cold place to be the temperatures start from 20 to 10 Fahrenheit so in Celsius that would be -6 to -12. And also during the summer time the have 50 to 60 of summer growing when the sun shines everyday 24 hours a day. Lemmings do not hibernate through the winter time. They keep on find food so they

In class, we watched a film explaining the wonders of the tundra biome. Tundra refers to the treeless plains that are most commonly characteristic of the cold environment of arctic and sub-arctic regions. They make up 1/5, or 20%, of the Earth’s surface. The word tundra originated and derived from the Finnish word "Tunturia" which means 'treeless heights,' which applies perfectly to tundra and its lack of large trees. When one refers to the tundra biome, they thinks about the characteristics of location containing an extremely cold climate, low biotic diversity, simple vegetation structure, short growing season, limited drainage and large population oscillation.

3. The treeless Arctic plains north of the timberline form a region called the tundra. Most of the tundra is north of the Arctic Circle, in the north Frigid Zone. The Frigid Zones are the coldest regions on earth.

Tundra is in northern parts of the earth and is also a wide range land. The Tundra can be found far away from the equator at high latitudes or on top of mountains at high altitudes. The latitude range from 75° N to 60° N. Furthermore, the tundra is in the North at the peak of the earth close to the North Pole. The average winter temperature is -34° C in tundra, but the average summer temperature is what hinders this biome to have a sustainable life. However, the rainfall may vary in different regions of the arctic. Tundra is basically split into two, one side is called the arctic and the other is the alpine. Precipitation averages from 20 all the way to 60 cm every year in arctic tundra but surpass 100 cm in alpine tundra where there are no

(See Appendix 2: Figure 2) The tundra biome has an extremely long winter, spanning 8-10 months. During these months there is an average temperature of -34°C, there is also layer of frost permanently covering the ground, known as permafrost. (UCMP, 2014) Tundra has a very short summer period of 8-10 weeks, with temperatures between 5° and 13°C. However, this summer period coincides with days consisting of 24 hour sunlight, and as a result, there is a burst of plant growth and animal breeding. (Marietta College, 2012) Tundra, on average, receives less than 100 milimetres of precipitation annually. (See Appendix 2: Figure 3) This combined with strong, dry winds makes tundra the driest

Tundra is one of the most widespread biomes on the globe. Covering large regions at high latitudes and high altitudes, tundra accounts for five to ten percent of the world’s land surface (1). Studying the ecology of tundra ecosystems is particularly important regarding the subject of climate change. Since climate is changing fastest at high latitudes and altitudes, the tundra ecosystem is currently experiencing rapid changes in its natural environment (2). In addition, tundra acts as a carbon sink, with soils storing more than 90% of the carbon present in this ecosystem (3). Plant growth and litter decomposition are two main factors driving carbon accumulation and release rates. Both of these processes are sensitive to climate change, and alterations in the balance of these processes will affect whether tundra will continue to serve as a carbon sink, or eventually develop into a carbon source, and thus further the greenhouse effect (4).

Spectacularly diverse and unique, the Arctic is home to a population of approximately four million people and 21,000 different species! Climate change is by far the greatest threat on the spectacularly unique biodiversity that the Arctic has to offer according to the Arctic Biodiversity Assessment (ABA) with research done by over 200 scientists from 15 countries. The Arctic in particular is expected to be negatively affected by global warming. The globally agreed upon, sustainable increase in temperature is by 2 °C. The Arctic is expected to become significantly warmer with a predicted 2.8-7.8°C rise in temperature within this next century. Extreme changes such as this are likely to have devastating effects on Arctic biodiversity due to the

It is about -54 degrees celsius to 21 degrees celsius. This is very different from many of the other biomes, so this makes it unique. The average yearly rainfall is about 30-84 centimeters. Most of it is rain, and it falls typically in the summer. The type of soil that is found in the taiga is said to be spodosol. It is a type of soil that is high in organic matter and is typically for a climate that is cold or low fertility. Life in this biome is rough. There are wide ranges of temperatures between the winter and summer seasons, and the precipitation is somewhat high throughout the year. Snow is usually during the winters and rain is usually during the summer. There is a lot of shade because of the tall trees, so there is not much vegetation on the ground besides fungi. It is the largest terrestrial biome to date. Some interesting facts about the taiga is that there are millions of insects in the summer and many insect-eating birds come to breed in the taiga. When they breed they migrate to a warmer location. How do trees get sunlight? Well, the darker the needles are on the branches of trees, the more sunlight they take in. This is an adaptation for many trees in the taiga. Did you know that Taiga, in Russian, means forest? This is also why they call it boreal forests. This biome also contain patches of permafrost which is what makes this biome what it is. Now that I know most about the taiga maybe I can go up north into the tundra to examine a different

Tundra plants over the years adapted to sweeping winds and disturbances of the soil. Another adaptation is that they are short and cluster together to help endure the cold. Also they can carry out photosynthesis at low temperatures and low light intensities. Plants aren’t the only things that have had to adapt to the conditions, animals have had to as well.