The Arctic Tundra Ecosystem

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Page 3 Introduction

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Page 5 Arctic animals

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Page 7 Arctic Climate

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Page 9 Arctic Plants

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Page 11 Concluding

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Imagine -90 degree weather. Do you think you could survive that kind of weather? The warmest it will ever be is 40 degrees and that’s in summertime. That is so cold that the food becomes unhealthy. In the winter it is hard to seek for food because it is almost always dark even during the day. Most of the reason the plants and food doesn’t grow is because the ground is frozen. Animals like the summer the mostly because the food is a little bit healthier.

There are a lot of animals in the Arctic tundra. There are reindeer, polar bears, snowy owls, beluga whales, ringed seals, arctic foxes, and even walruses. Reindeer are mostly the one animal at risk since the moss is frozen  and hard to find. The climate is almost always the answer to Arctic problems. Polar bears fur helps them stay warm but they sometimes dig holes and stay in there with their cubs to help them stay warm too. They are mostly cold from the icy ground.

The Arctic tundras climate is very cold. It makes the visibility difficult. Animals like polar bears use the fur to keep them warm with 60 miles an hour wind and inches of snow. So plants also have trouble.

In the Arctic tundra not many plants grow. It is mostly tunturi, meaning treeless but there is a little bit of a tree line. Most of the plants grow during the summer. The only plants other than the tree line that grow in the winter is weeds. The animals love summertime because of the blueberries that grow! Almost all the animals eat the blueberries because it is very healthy for them and other food is hard to find.

The Arctic tundra may sound like a horrible place but it is not that bad. Many people don’t go there but animals like it. Polar bears love it because they have the right things to survive. You still have to remember that summertime is the best time of year for everyone!  

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