Climate Change
What can happen when sea ice melts?
flooding
since the tundra is a desert it has very little ____
Precipitaion/rain
What is the King of the Arctic?
Polar Bear
It is a "treeless land" or "barren ground," it is the coldest of all the world's biomes.
Arctic Tundra
What can we do as a community to help climate change?
Pick up litter, recycle, reduce plastic use, etc.
This permanently frozen layer of subsoil lies beneath the thin topsoil of the Arctic tundra, preventing trees from taking root.
Permafrost
Name 2 animals that live in the Arctic tundra.
Mountain goats, Arctic foxes, Arctic hares, Reindeer, Penguins, and Polar bears.
Name 1 animals on the top of the arctic tundra food chain
Polar bear or arctic wolf
How does it affect polar bears?
It melts sea ice that they need to walk on and hunt on.
The Arctic tundra spans the extreme northern regions of three major continents: North America, Europe, and this massive country
Russia
What is a lemming?
small, stout-bodied rodents native to the Arctic tundra. They are closely related to voles, muskrats, hamsters, and mice.
What is an ecosystem?
a geographic area where living organisms interact with each other and with their physical, non-living environment