Tundra Biome

"The Cold Desert"

Humans have impacted the tundra by disturbing habitats and ravaging plants during oil drilling and garbage dumping.

Interesting Facts about the tundra!

1. Tundra comes from the Fin word tunturia which means "treeless land".

2. There are six weeks of summer in the tundra biome.

3. The tundra has the least human inhabitants of any biome.

4. Some days in the tundra summer have 24 hours of sunlight.

5. Other winter days have less than an gour

Polar Climate

The biodiversity of the tundra biome is the lowest of all land biomes.

The identifying plant species of the tundra biome are mosses, grasses, and lichens.

Plants have adapted to the biome by losing minimal water by having small to no leaves and by being able to grow with shallow roots due to the frozen soil of the tundra.

Animals have adapted to the tundra by hibernation in the frigid winter and migration from the frigid winter of the tundra.

The Arctic Fox(left) and Polar Bear live in the tundra surrounding the North Pole.