Group+3+Tundra

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[] 1.** [|**Print out a map**] **or** [|**Click here**]**to copy and paste a map into the Paint Program on your computer. Color in the areas to show where a person can find your ecosystem. Label the major bodies of water and countries it might border.**
 * Navigator

In the summer the tundra is a brief period of milerd climates. the sun shines almost 24 hours a day. The summer tundra is for only 6 to 10 weeks.And it never get's any warmer then 45 or 50 ° F In the winter the tundra doesn't  reach 20° F and average -20° to -30°F. Endless hours darkness settle in and the winds blow even harder. The tundra only gets 6-10 inches of rain every year. The tundra is coupled with strong and drying winds, the tundra is an extreme weather biome. The tundra climate spans from most of Greenland to parts of Alaska, northern Canada, and northern Russia.
 * Meteorologist**

The ground is always frozen beneath the top layer of soil. It always covered with ice. The appearance of the ground is rocky and sometimes rare. The height is 10 inches to 3 feet 25centimeters to 100 centimeters.
 * Botanist**
 * 1. Describe the soil type of your ecosystem? **
 * 2 - 4. Describe the height and appearance of (3) three forms of plant life. **


 * Plant ||  || Characteristics/Adaptations ||   || Position on the Food Chain ||


 * Arctic plants ||  ||   ||   ||   ||


 * Arctic Moss ||  ||   ||   ||   ||


 * Bearberry ||  ||   ||   ||   ||


 * [|Caribou Moss] ||  ||   ||   ||   ||



1. **Gather photos or images of (5) five animals in your ecosystem. Copy and Paste them into a Word document.**
 * Zoologist**

Arctic Fox  **Common Names:** Polar Fox, White Fox  || Caribou **Common Names:** Caribou, Reindeer Grizzly Bear   || <span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0); font-family: Georgia;">Musk Ox <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Georgia;">**Common Name:** Oomingmak <span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0); font-family: Georgia;"> || <span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0); font-family: Georgia;">Polar Bear <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Georgia;">**Common Names:** Sea Bear Arctic fox its
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">[[image:http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/images/arctic_fox.jpg width="139" height="159" align="bottom"]]
 * Genus:** Lagopus
 * Species:** alopex || [[image:http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/images/caribou2.jpg width="194" height="121"]]
 * Genus:** Rangifer
 * Species:** tarandus ||  || <span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0); font-family: Georgia;"> ||   || <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Georgia;">[[image:http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/images/grizzly_bear.jpg width="180" height="138"]]
 * Genus:** Ursus
 * Species:** arctos horribilis ||
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Georgia;">[[image:http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/images/musk_ox.jpg width="192" height="150"]]
 * Genus:** Ovibos
 * Species:** moschatus ||  || <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Georgia;">[[image:http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/images/polar_bear.jpg width="216" height="162"]]
 * Genus:** Ursus
 * Species:** maritimus ||  || <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Georgia;"> ||
 * 2. Pick (1) one animal from your ecosystem and describe its physcial features/characteristics and how it has adapted to the seasonal changes.**


 * 3.What effect does over-population have on the food chain?**


 * 4 - 8. List (5) five animals that live in your ecosystem. Describe at least (1) one characteristic about each, that helps them adapt to their environment.**


 * **Animal** ||  || **Ecosystem** ||   || **Characteristics** ||   || **What is its position on the food chain? (Herbivore, Omnivore, Carnivore, or Scavenger )** ||


 * Arctic fox ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||


 * Caribou ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||


 * Grizzly bear ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||


 * Musk ox ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||


 * Polar bear ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||


 * 9. Give an example of competition between animals. What impact does this have on survival?**


 * 10. Draw a food chain with your team members.**