The tundra by: C.J. Josh Sarah l. Amanda Austin. Describe Tundra The Tundra is a cold dry region where the trees can not grow because of the temperature.

The tundra by:

C.J.

Josh Sarah l. Amanda Austin

Describe Tundra

The Tundra is a cold dry region where the trees can not grow because of the temperature.

They have short cool summers and long cold winters.

People say the Tundra comes to life in the spring because the few plants come out.

Landforms

Most parts of the tundra are low lands. And there are very few mountains in the tundra.

. A Pasque flower is a plant that lives in the tundra

The flower opens in the early spring with the other flowers

The Pasque flower means Easter flower.

Plants

Temperatures & Rainfall

Ever month in the tundra is about 10 to 20 degrees c

The Tundra has 6-10 inches of rainfall is the average each year

Wood frog

Wood frog

2 to 3 inches long Females are much

larger then males. They are usually

brown tan and rust colored.

Wood frogScientific name: Rana

SylvaticaEat a variety of small

invertebrates. The tadpoles eat algae.Hibernate in the winter. Lay eggs on the water

Arctic Bumblebees Live in Arctic

Tundra. Can fly at sub-zero

temperatures. Have a dense of

hair on their bodies that slows heat loss.

Bumblebees do not die when the sting some thing.

Arctic Bumblebees

Their habitat is in the grasslands and shrub lands in high Arctic and Alpine areas.

They would live around the tops of higher continents.

Their diet is pollen from the flowers. The biggest predator of the bumblebee

is the skunk. More bumblebees are killed by

parasites.

KILLER WHALE

The killer whale is up to 23 feet long .

The killer whale survives by eating fish, walruses, seals, sea lions, penguins, squid sea turtles, sharks and other whales.

The scientific name for the killer whale is Orcas

KILLER WHALE

If the dorsal fin is pointing up it is a male killer whale.

If if the killer whale has a fin that is going back then it is a female

Snow Goose

Snow geese are better swimmers then ducks or swans.

They are also better at walking on land because their legs are longer

They are graceful animals that live in the snow

Snow Goose

Snow gees live in parts of tundra And they eat gooseberries Snow gees can some times be found in a

zoo Adult snow gees range in weight from

about 3 ¼ pounds to 8 ¾ pounds (1.5 kilograms to 4.0 kilograms)

Reptiles

There are no reptiles living in the Tundra.

If they lived there they would die.They would die because the body

temperatures can't handle the cold.

Silver-Salmon

TYPE: FISH FISH TYPE:SALMON SALMON

TYPE:SILVER-SALMON

DIET: “PINK FEED” (A TINY KIND OF SHRIMP)

HABITATS: RIVERS OF THE TUNDRA

Silver Salmon

Silver-Salmon;also known as the choho salmon has an average weight of 7-11 pounds.

The silver salmon has an average length of 28 inches.

The heaviest weight of a silver-salmon is 36 pounds.

Silver-Salmon After six to seven

weeks in the eggs the babies hatch in the spring that the nest is in.

Mature female Silver-Salmon are darker than the males;and have a more hooked chin than the males.