Climate & Location
What is the permanently frozen ground found in the tundra called?
What is Permafrost
This white predator is well adapted to life in the tundra.
What is the Arctic Fox
These organisms make their own food through photosynthesis.
What are producers?
Arctic foxes and musk oxen survive the cold with this adaptation.
What is Thick Fur
Mining, oil drilling, and gas drilling are examples of this type of human activity.
What is Resource Extraction
This biome has freezing temperatures, low precipitation, and strong winds.
What is Tundra
This large herbivore migrates to warmer areas during the winter.
What is the Caribou
Lemmings are classified as this type of consumer.
What are primary consumers (herbivores)?
Marine animals such as polar species use this layer of fat to stay warm.
What is Blubber
This global problem is causing Arctic temperatures to rise faster than the rest of the world.
What is climate change?
The tundra is found in these two polar regions of Earth.
What are Arctic and Antartica
Name two producers that grow in the tundra.
What are lichens, mosses, or Arctic willow?
Arctic foxes are considered these consumers because they hunt lemmings.
What are secondary consumers?
Some tundra animals sleep through harsh conditions to save energy.
What is Hibernation
Black soot on snow speeds up melting because it reduces the snow's ability to do this.
What is reflect sunlight?
Besides the Arctic and Antarctica, tundra ecosystems are commonly found in these high-elevation regions around the world.
What are alpine regions (high mountain peaks)?
This bird of prey lives in the tundra and hunts small mammals.
What is the Snowy Owl?
Wolves and polar bears are examples of these top-level predators.
What are tertiary consumers (apex predators)?
Caribou and many bird species use this adaptation to avoid harsh winters.
What is Migration
Conservationists want to protect this percentage of Arctic lands and waters under the "30x30" goal.
What is 30%?
The tundra receives very little precipitation, making it similar to this type of biome despite its freezing temperatures.
What is a Desert
Name five organisms in the tundra.
What are the Arctic Fox, Caribou, Snowy Owl, Musk Ox, and Arctic Moss?
Put these organisms in order from producer to apex predator: Arctic Fox, Lemming, Moss, Wolf.
What is Moss → Lemming → Arctic Fox → Wolf?
Tundra plants often grow in low mats or cushions because the air near the ground is warmer and less affected by this weather condition.
What is Wind
This proposed legislation aims to ban drilling in sensitive Arctic coastal plains.
What is the Arctic Refuge Protection Act?