PPT-TUNDRA Ecosystems Description

Tundra is the coldest of all the biomes The soil in the tundra is permanently frozen There are low temperatures and low rain fall Winds sweep across the land constantly There are not many varieties of plant life in the tundra. Animal: Ermine. Plant: The Diamond leaf willow . By Angus Mctaggart. The Ermine. DIET . Ermines eat arrange of thing including squirrels, Lemmings, rats, shrews, Chipmunks, Hares and so on. They occasionally eat worms, fish, eggs, grasshoppers and beetles, they usually only eat these foods when there are no animals around. They will eat nearly anything.. What is an ecosystem?. An ecosystem is made up of all the living and the nonliving things in an area and how those living and nonliving things interact with each other.. Ecosystems come in a variety of sizes. They can be as small as a puddle or as large as a continent.. By Jye. Tundra Geography. Tundra's . are easily among the planets coldest and harshest environments. They are treeless regions found in arctic countries, and are snow-covered for the majority of the year. Little to no. Sonja Ohm. Kevin Jachymowski. General Description - Location. Located on in the Northern Hemisphere . Covers about 1/5 of the Earths land surface. Arctic Tundra is a place of barren land, that sometimes is grassland. Chapter Seven. Most of the year the desert looks lifeless.. But when rainy season comes, the land explodes with life.. Plants and animals hurry to feed, grow and reproduce.. When the rain is done life seems to disappear again, until the next rainy season.. Jon Mayes. What Is The Tundra?. Northern Biome. Dominated by:. Mosses. Lichens. Dwarf Willows. Low-Moderate Precipitation. Very Short Growing Season. Covers approximately 1/5 of land. “Treeless”. By. . Bas Dixon-Smith. Year 6B. THE BIOME: Tundra. (Climate / geography). What is tundra climate/geography. The tundra is a barren , cold environment that has permafrost as one of its features. They are situated near the north and south poles. . Table of Contents. Section 3: . Aquatic Ecosystems. Section 1: . How Ecosystems Change. Section 2: . Biomes. Chapter: Ecosystems. . Table of Contents. Section 1: . How Ecosystems Change. Mosses from my back yard. Arctic and Alpine . By Ryanne Mora. What is Tundra?. Comes from the Finnish word meaning . barren. or . treeless land. Extreme cold temperatures and frozen, treeless landscapes. characterize the tundra biome. Tun. DRACULA. productions. DAY COUNTER. How many days have we lived?. 410 . INTRODUCTION. We have been tasked with surviving over 300 days in the tundra biome. With only the clothes on our backs, a machete, and a metal pot, we must brave the vast expanses of . th Grade Science. Tundra. Tundra is the coldest of all the biomes. . Tundra . comes from the Finnish word . tunturia. , meaning treeless plain. . It . is noted for its frost-molded landscapes, extremely low temperatures, little precipitation, poor nutrients, and short growing seasons. National Bio Rules Committee Chairman. karenlancour@charter.net. . Ecology Events . Ecology. – principles of ecology related to terrestrial environments – . 2 year rotation by biomes . ( 1- tundra & forests & 2-deserts & grasslands). TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS. AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS. Ms. Catherine T. . Añano. (Fulltime Lecturer). Terrestrial ecosystems. A . terrestrial ecosystem is an ecosystem found only on landforms. . . Six . primary terrestrial ecosystems . Biomagnification. is the process by which matter becomes concentrated in living things in a food chain.. Moving up the Food Chain . DDT provides one example of the effects of . biomagnification. in an ecosystem. DDT is a chemical that was widely used to kill plant–eating insects. Some chemicals break down over time, but DDT does not. DDT collected in water and soil, was absorbed by living things, and moved up the food chain. The diagram shows how DDT became magnified in a wetland ecosystem. It entered through tiny organisms called zooplankton, which absorbed DDT from the water..