Arctic Tundra Animals And Plants
One to three class periods.
Arctic tundra animals and plants. Arctic tundra animals and plants. Students create an arctic food web to understand the feeding connections and social relationships between tundra plants and animals. The arctic tundra is also a windy place and winds can blow between 30 to 60 miles 48 to 97 kilometers per hour.
Lemmings musk oxen arctic foxes and wolves. Arctic tundra animals do not enjoy the luxury of simply heading into thick forests to escape the biting wind. Arctic tundra all about the arctic tundra by mercedes maine and a few.
Some animals stay all year round others migrate to warmer places for the winter. Below are some really neat facts about the arctic tundra. The arctic fox is a secondary consumer and a carnivore.
Some animals that live IN THE ARCTIC tundra are. They are very cold and have little precipitation. Caribou moss reindeer moss is seen growing abundantly in the alpine tundra.
The arctic tundra animals and plants have to adapt to the harsh climatic conditions. Only a thin layer of soil called the active layer thaws and. Those living in the icy water have blubber a thick layer of fat under the skin.
To the north is the Arctic proper where the vegetation is generally referred to as tundra from the Finnish word for an open rolling plain. Animal and Plants that live in the Arctic. Arctic Moss is a decomposer that breaks down consumers.