The tundra Flashcards

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1
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What is the tundra

A

It has a very cold climate with little vegetation.

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2
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In the tundra summer=

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Mild heat with no rain

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3
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In the tundra winter=

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Freezing and artic like temperatures

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4
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What plants live there

A

Moss small plants

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5
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What dose it mean

A

Treeless land

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6
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Were is it located

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Mostly along the coast of the most northern countries

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Why is it cold

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The sun shines on the equator meaning it is very hot here. The further away from the sums rays you are the colder it is .

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8
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List 2 ways to describe the tundra climate

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Snowed
Artic like
Cold

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9
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Name a problem plants and animals have living in the tundra

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No food
Water in frozen
To cold in the winter so have to hibernate or migrate

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10
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Adapt

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When something develops features or characteristics that enable it to survive in a particular environment

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Name an adaptation of a camel 🐫

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Can store fat in there humps so that they can travel without food for a long time

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12
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Name an adaptation of nocturnal animals

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They are blind because they don’t need to see as it is to dark

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13
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Name am adaptation of. A cactus

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Able to store lots of water

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14
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Name an adaptation of the artic poppy

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Moves to follow the sun to. Stay warm and to photosynthesis

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15
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What is the coldest month in the tundra

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August

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16
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Food web

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A food web shows the many different wats that energy is transferred between animals

17
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Producer

A

These are plants which make there own food

18
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Consumers

A

Animals who eat some plants and some other animals

19
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Primary

A

Animals who only eat plants

20
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Secondary

A

Eat the animals who are primary

21
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Tertiary

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Eats all animals and doesn’t get eaten

22
Q

What dose ANWR stand for

A

Artic national wildlife rescue

23
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What do ANWR do

A

They are trying to save the Alaska tundra for its natural beauty instead of the oil which is beneath the ground

24
Q

What dose the ANWR protect

A
Musk oxen
Doll sheep 
Lynx 
Red /artic fox
Coyotes
Grisly / black bears
Grey wolfs
25
Q

Name 5 countries with tundra

A
Greenland 
Ice land 
Poland
Russia
Canada
26
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What country has the biggest amount of tundra

A

Canada

27
Q

List the 3 main threats to the tundra

A

Global warming
Hunting
Extraction of ore gas and metal ores

28
Q

How is the tundra different to Antarctica

A

Different animals
Only 1 continent
Less human inhabitants
Different adaptations

29
Q

List 2 facts about captain scott

A

Left England 1910
Led 5 men on foot to Antarctica
Died 11 miles from the end

30
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What is the Antarctic treaty

A

To make sure Antarctica is used in a peaceful way and no country can do anything to harm it

31
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Is Great Britain in the Antarctic treaty

A

YES

32
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Why was the Antarctic treaty set up

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To prevent wars and conflict happening over pieces os Antarctica and to study it

33
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List the 5 main threats to Antarctica

A
Research stations
Tourism 
Climate change
Over fishing
Mining
34
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What are the 3 rules of the Antarctic treaty

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It is devoted to peace and to scientific research , mineing is not allowed, nothing happens that could be bad for the invironment