For Science 10, a project on the Biome.

1. Tundra
Biome Project – Chris Helmhold

2. Characteristics
Tree growth is hindered  Low Temps & Short
growing seasons
Vegetation  mainly shrubs
Vast, treeless plain
Subsoil is permanently frozen

3. Arctic Tundra
Far upper Northern Hemisphere
Upper Russia and Canada
No trees can grow

4. Antarctic Tundra
Mostly too cold for any vegetation
Not many mammals (opposite of Arctic)
Mostly covered in ice

5. Alpine Tundra
No trees due to altitude
No permafrost
Occurs in mountains worldwide
Characterized by shrubs growing

6. Economy
Hunting and trapping reindeer provides food
Not many people live in tundra's
Occasional mineral mining

7. Biotic Factors
Strong winds
Little precipitation
Long, cold winters
Short summer days
Permafrost, no trees grow

8. Abiotic Factors
Plants (shrubs) have to adapt to the cold, long, hard
winters
Wildlife like arctic tundra animals include snowy
owls, reindeer, polar bears, white
foxes, lemmings, arctic
hares, wolverines, caribou, migrating
birds, mosquitoes, and black flies.
Not many living factors

9. Citations
"Tundra - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia." Wikipedia.
Wikipedia, 31 01 2014. Web. 17 Feb 2014.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tundra>.
http://oildrillingh.tripod.com/id5.html