tundra1

By Julia, Amanda, and Nick **
 * Tundra Group 1!

media type="file" key="PhotoStory1.wmv" width="356" height="352" align="center"

Sign up sheet: Video- All of us Food Web- Nick, since the old one cannot be found (by Amanda) Threats- Nick Animals- Julia Plants- Julia Climate- Nick Locations- Nick Features- Nick

These images show the treeless region of the tundra. It is summer in these pictures.



__Locations:__

Northern Russia and Asia South Greenland Northern Canada Northern Alaska

[|http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/earth/imag][|es/tundra_map_big_jpg_image.html]

__Land Features:__

The Tundra is a treeless region sometimes called a cold desert. There are three different types of tundra including the Arctic Tundra, Antarctic Tundra, and the Alpine Tundra. The Alpine tundra is found above tree line and has few nutrients. Permafrost in scare in this type of tundra. This tundra is found in high mountains above tree line. The Arctic Tundra is found in the Northern Hemisphere and in Alaska. It is the tundra region that permafrost, or permanently frozen soil, is mainly found. The Antarctic tundra is found in Antarctica. In this land the flora is very low in numbers because of climate coditions. It also lacks many mammals. The primary fauna of the Antarctic are seals and penguins.

__Climate:__

Average temperature or the year: -12 degrees Celsius Average precipitation of the year: 14 inches

__

Threats:__

The tundra biome is not being threatened like other biomes. Development and habitat loss is not as much of an issue, but things like global warming and oil drillings are. Oil and gas drillings are destroying some habitats in the tundra. This results in global warming, and air pollution. The global warming melts the permafrost (frozen layer of soil), causing dead things to decay more. This gives off even more carbon dioxide, making this whole process go even faster.

Air pollution from the carbon dioxide poisons plants like lichen, which many of the tundra's animals feed on. This poisons them, and the whole food web collapses. We need to stop the oil!

This is a picture of the Alaskan pipeline, pretty much ruining the scenery of the tundra:



 **-**

Flora (plants): Common plants of the Tundra are mosses, grasses, shrubs, lichen, and arctic wild flowers. All of these plants contribute to the ecosystem of the Tundra biome. To find food in the winter, caribou scrape away what tiny layer of snow there is to find lichen.

**Fauna (animals): Typical mammals in the Tundra are caribou, foxes, wolves, arctic hares, and reindeer. Birds of the Tundra are willow grouse, geese, snowy owls, ptarmigans, and hawks. A rodent of the Tundra is a lemming. **

**Bibliography:**

[|**http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tundra**] **"The Tundra Biome." // Marietta //// College //. Web. 19 Feb. 2010.** [|**http://www.marietta.edu/~biol/biomes/tundra.htm**]**. Beck, Sarah. //Lichen//. 2000. Photograph. The Tundra Biome, Cleveland Zoo.**

[|**http://www.marietta.edu/~biol/biomes/tundra.htm**] [|www.climateprogress.org] Wilson, Alan D. //Polar Bear (Sow And Cub), Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska//. 2007(2007-10). Photograph. Ramsey, Derek. //Picture of the Alaskan Ptarmigan in Denali National Park.// 2005(2005-08-22). Photograph. Denali National Park.
 * Beck, Sarah. //Arctic Tundra Wildflowers - Alaska//. 2000. Photograph. The Tundra Biome, Cleveland Zoo.**

__Works Cited for Food Web and Video:__ "2004 Photography Awards." //Imagesofcolorado.com home//. Web. 01 Mar. 2010. . "Andy's northern Ontario wildflower site - plants on bogs and fens." //Andy's Northern Ontario Wildflower home page//. Web. 01 Mar. 2010. . "The animal photo archive - caribou pictures album." //The Animal Photo Archive//. Web. 01 Mar. 2010. . "Arctic Flowers." //ATHROPOLIS: Home Page of the Throps and the Squallhoots - Story, Songs, Games, MP3, Learn about the Arctic, and More.// Web. 01 Mar. 2010. . "Biological information about Lemmings." //1984//. Web. 01 Mar. 2010. . Conrad, Jim. "Ecological "Rules"" //Backyard Nature with Jim Conrad//. Web. 01 Mar. 2010. . Elmore, John. "Alaskan Wildlife: John Elmore's Grayling On A Fly." //John Elmore's Grayling On A Fly//. Web. 01 Mar. 2010. . "Hawk." //Artist and Photographer Community at The Lens Flare//. Web. 01 Mar. 2010. . "NRDC: Nature along New York and New Jersey's Atlantic Coastlines - January." //NRDC: Natural Resources Defense Council - The Earth's Best Defense//. Web. 01 Mar. 2010. . "Tube Lichen Photos, Tube Lichen Images | Photobank NaturePhoto-CZ." //Wildlife Nature Photo Gallery: Birds Mammals Reptiles Plants | PhotoBank NaturePhoto-CZ//. Web. 01 Mar. 2010. <http://www.naturephoto-cz.com/tube-lichen:hypogymnia-physodes-photo-1610.html>. "Tundra Wolf - Canis lupus albus." //Animal T-Shirts, Funny T-Shirts, Political T Shirts, Pirate T Shirts, etc.// Web. 01 Mar. 2010. <http://www.cosmosmith.com/tundra_wolves.asp>. "Ventana Chapter - Conservation Issues A visit with the great California condors." //Ventana - Home//. Web. 01 Mar. 2010. <http://ventana.sierraclub.org/conservation/regional/polarBears.shtml>.

"Computer Kiddos Wiki / Habitat Hunt." //Computer Kiddos Wiki / FrontPage//. Web. 01 Mar. 2010. <http://computerkiddoswiki.pbworks.com/Habitat+Hunt>. "No Oil Drums on Flickr - Photo Sharing!" //Welcome to Flickr - Photo Sharing//. Web. 02 Mar. 2010. <http://www.flickr.com/photos/myklroventine/1272200949/>. "Notes.chap15." //DoG, HC - CUNY//. Web. 02 Mar. 2010. <http://www.geography.hunter.cuny.edu/~tbw/wc.notes/15.climates.veg/notes_chap15.htm>. "Other Animal Adaptations." //Greenwich Public Schools//. Web. 01 Mar. 2010. <http://www.greenwichschools.org/page.cfm?p=3700>.