Artic Tundra
True or False: Artic Tundras are located in the Southern hemisphere of the globe
False
True or False: Alpine Tundras have lots of trees.
True
True or False: Hot temperatures determine if an area of land is classified as a desert or not.
False, deserts can be either hot OR cold.
True or False: Farmers are the ones who are most affected by the events of global warming
True: global warming causes farmland and livestock to become barren and die.
What is another word for "issue"?
Problem
An artic tundra is surrounded by a layer of _________.
Permafrost
What two words come together to make the word Alpine?
Altitude and Pine
True or False: Deserts get very cold at night because of the wind
True, winds have nothing to stop them from hitting people and animals, and they are very cold winds.
Where are drylands typically located?
Near deserts
Fill in the blanks:
There's always a problem when _________ sitting next to _______ friend
1. You're
2. Your
In an Artic tundra, temperatures drop down to how cold in the winter?
-25F
Although Alpine tundras are a catergory of tundra, why don't they exhibit permafrost?
Alpine tundra temperatures are too warm for constant layers of frost to accumulate.
What word is used to describe a desert?
Barren, meaning lacking many aspects of an ecosystem.
What is one cause of desertification in drylands?
1. Global Warming
2. Human Activity
Fill in the blanks:
Can you do me a favor? Can you take _______ stuff and bring it over _________?
1. Their
2. There
What is a lemming?
A small rodent that lives under permafrost and eats the roots of grass.
What adaptation have some animals like foxes obtained by living in an Alpine tundra?
Changing the color of their hair/fur to blend in with the environment and void predators.
What is the name of the plant that can live in deserts and retains water as a form of an adaptation?
Succulents
Name two methods of irrigation that help fight against desertification in drylands
1. Using less salt in farming or using rocks to absorb the salt before it reaches the soil
2. Animals who graze on grass or given special grazing locations.
3. Drylands are being arranged in levels.
Read this sentence from the text and fill in the blank using the vocabulary you learned:
Tundra is _________ among ecosystems because it undergoes a __________ of freezing and thawing
1. Unique
2. Cycle
What insect lives in an Artic tundra and how does it survive?
The artic spiders live in an Artic tundra by absorbing sunlight using their very dark colors.
What unique trait do Alpine tundra animals have that Artic tundra animals don't?
Alpine tundra animals will migrate for food while Artic tundra animals will stay in the artic.
How does Global Warming affect desertfication?
The warming of the planet is causing plants to dry up and die, causing less shaded areas and drying out lands.
The article "Saving Earth's Drylands" uses what kind of text structure?
Problem/Solution
Fill in the blanks from the passage using vocabulary that you learned:
Land that is irrigated can ___________ too much salt. Crops do not grow well in salty soil.
Accumulate