Tundra

== =Tundra= What's a Biome? A biome is a area of certain animals and plants. A biome has to have certain climate, soil types, water resources and ge ology. There are so many threats to tundras like: -Global warming -Ozone deplation -Air pollution -Exploration of oil, gas and minerals -Oil spills -Buildings and roads -İnvasive species Location of Tundra Tundras are in the very cold places of the world like north pole of Asia and Canada. T here are tundra biome in coasts and islands of the Arctic Ocean and to the north of the forest belt. Greenland, Canada and Northern Alaska, in northern Europe, it is mainly found in Scandinavia, and in northern Asia, it is found in Siberia 10 plants that grows in Tundra Ten plants that grow in tundra are ; Tundra Weather Tundra is a treeless place .Summer is 24 days, and cold. Tundra's Temperature Average's __ The Arctic Tundra __ is in the north and around the North Pole. The summer season is about 50 and 60 days. Winter temperatures average around -36 degrees, but in the summer the temperatures warm up to between 3 to 12 degrees Celsius. However in the summer temperatures are warm enough for plants and flowers. The Arctic yearly rain and snow average is 15 to 20 cm. Plants in the tundra are very low growing and 400 species of flowers and plants grow in the Arctic tundra. Animals The animals live in the Tundra:
 * Linchens
 * Sedges
 * Shrubs
 * Calliergon giganteum
 * Arctic Moss
 * Arctic Willow
 * Bearberry
 * Caribou Moss
 * Labrador Tea
 * Pasque Flower
 * Tufted Saxifrage
 * Low lying grasses
 * Crustose
 * Arereindeer
 * Siberian dogs
 * Seals
 * Sea lions
 * Penguins
 * Polar bear
 * Musk oxen
 * Whales
 * Walrus
 * Narwhals

Essay: ** To begin with, what’s a biome? **

A biome is a area of certain animals and plants. A biome has to have certain climate, soil types, water resources and ge ology. There are a lot biomes around the world. Ours is Tundra. Tundra is found in North Pole of Asia and Canada, Greenland and Northern alaska. Tundras are always cold. Summer is only 24 days. Winter temparature is around -36 degrees. In summer it heats up like 3-12 degrees. Howevert summer temparature is warm enough to grow plants and flowers. İn Tundras there is not much rain. İt usually snows. Unfortunantly there are threarts to Tundras. Like ; global warming, ozone deplation ,air pollution ,exploration of oil, gas and minerals ,oil spills ,buildings androads ,invasive species. We need to stop all these things to have more Tundras.

There are a quite few plants tahat grows in Tundras. We can found 10 species.Linchens, sedges, shrubs, mosses,Calliergon giganteum, grasses, cotton grass, cussion plants, dark red leaves, seeds. Againts to the cold weather these plants can still grow. However they only grow in summer.  Aleutian Shield Fern, Aleutian Wormwood, Sessile-Leaved Scurvy-Grass, Bering Sea Douglasia, Calder's Lovage are some types that are endangered species of plants.

There are also animals living in Tundras. Like; reindeer, siberian dogs, seals, sea lions, penguins, polar bear, musk oxen, whales,wallrus and narwhales. These animals have a thick layer of fat. So that they can survive in the cold weather. You dont wantto forget the endangered species dont you? Grizzly bears, polar bears and foxes are endangered.

We use this websites: 1-Wikipedia 2-www.blueplanetbiomes.com

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