The tundra

Tundra

What is an ecosystem?

An ecosystem is made up of living things and non-living things which work together to make a balanced system.

Habitat

The place where a plant or animal normally grows or lives is called a habitat.

What is the Tundra?

This ecosystem has low temperatures and no light for half the year. This means that trees and bushes takes a lot of time to grow.

Population

Population of artic penguins.

Population of reindeers.

Those animals that belong to the same species.

Community

Population interact with each other and form a community.

What are Biotic and Abiotic factors?

The Tundra like all ecosystems feature Biotic and Abiotic factors in a complex web of existence.

Biotic

Biotic factors or elements that are living things, include: fungi, mosses, insects, fish, birds, and mammals.

Abiotic

Abiotic factors, or non-living things, include: temperature, wind, rain, snow, sunlight, soil, rocks, and permafrost.

Temperature

The temperatures range from -6 to -12 degrees celsius.

Climate

Is usually cold and windy. The Tundra is the coldest ecosystem on Earth.

Where is located?

The tundra is located at the top of the world, near the North Pole. The Tundra covers the fifth of the earth.

Flora in the Tundra

Bear berry

In the Tundra there are around 1.700 different plants species. Some examples are :

Pasque flower

Salix

Arctic moss

Fauna in the Tundra

Artic fox

They are lots of artic animals. Fauna typical of Tundra are :

Arctic penguins

Polar bear

Marmot

Caribou

White wolves

Polar bear

The polar bear belongs to the animal kingdom. It's a vertebrate animal. It's a mammal. And I'ts carnivore.

Mosquitoes

The mosquito is the most common flying insect in the Tundra. It's a invertebrate animal. It belongs to the arthropods, most exact to the insects.

Pasque flower

Pasque flower grows up to 30cm tall. It carries one flower whith purple petals and yellow stamens, on top of each stem. And is a angiosperm plant.

Arctic Draba

The Arctic Draba is a species of plant in the mustard family. The flower has yellow petals no more than 2.5 millimeters long. Is a angiosperm plant.

Endangered animals

Are those which are in danger of extinction. Extinction occurs when every single member of a species dies and none are left alive.

Beluga whale

Musk oxen

Polar bear

Arctic fox

The pacific walrus

Caribou

Arctic Peregrine

Why they are in danger of extinction?

The animals of the Tundra are in danger of extinction to global warming.

Sun

Food chain

Fungi

A food chain is made up of several levels: producers, consumers(primary consumers, secondary consumers and tertiary consumers) and de composers.

Bear berry

Arctic fox

Lemming

Food web

Most living things are part of more that one food chain.These food chains are connected.The connected food chains make up a food web

Interesting facts

• The largest animal that lives in the Tundra is the polar bear.

• They are two types of Tundra, the Alpine Tundra and the Arctic Tundra.

The End

Created by:Nadia, Bianca and Miguel Ángel

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