Polar Tundra Animals And Plants
Humans create many oil rigs in the tundra for the purpose of drilling oil for fuel.
Polar tundra animals and plants. A wide variety of plant species mainly sedges grasses and flowering plants form the vegetation of the tundra. Their are many types of animals that survive in the cold tundra like a the polar. This results in an unbalance in the food chain killing off more animals in the environment.
In the south is the subarctic formed by the northern subzones of the circumpolar boreal forestTo the north is the Arctic proper where the vegetation is generally referred to as tundra from the Finnish word for an open rolling plain. A very simple plant without stems or leaves that grows in or near water. The windswept treeless plains of the Arctic tundra sometimes look barren but they are inhabited by a multitude of plants and animals.
These amazing polar bears live in this Tundra biome. Wolves are the top predators. One to three class periods.
Only a thin layer of soil called the active layer thaws and refreezes each year. This may be a teacher-directed or independent activity depending on grade level. In North America the descriptive term Barren Grounds is frequently.
The Pine tree has small animals hunting for its twigs and leaves such as the Arctic Hare. Animals - Polar bears live in the Arctic and penguins live in the Antarctic. A large amount of the land in the north polar region is part of Earths tundra biome including the northern parts of Canada Alaska US Scandinavian countries and Russia as well as the northern fringes of Greenland that are not covered by ice.
Pines are an autotrophic plant and are producers for animals in food chains. Animals that live in the polar biome include polar bears beluga whales killer whales and harbor seals 4. Many animals live on the tundra including caribou.