The tundra Flashcards
What is the tundra
It has a very cold climate with little vegetation.
In the tundra summer=
Mild heat with no rain
In the tundra winter=
Freezing and artic like temperatures
What plants live there
Moss small plants
What dose it mean
Treeless land
Were is it located
Mostly along the coast of the most northern countries
Why is it cold
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 .
List 2 ways to describe the tundra climate
Snowed
Artic like
Cold
Name a problem plants and animals have living in the tundra
No food
Water in frozen
To cold in the winter so have to hibernate or migrate
Adapt
When something develops features or characteristics that enable it to survive in a particular environment
Name an adaptation of a camel 🐫
Can store fat in there humps so that they can travel without food for a long time
Name an adaptation of nocturnal animals
They are blind because they don’t need to see as it is to dark
Name am adaptation of. A cactus
Able to store lots of water
Name an adaptation of the artic poppy
Moves to follow the sun to. Stay warm and to photosynthesis
What is the coldest month in the tundra
August
Food web
A food web shows the many different wats that energy is transferred between animals
Producer
These are plants which make there own food
Consumers
Animals who eat some plants and some other animals
Primary
Animals who only eat plants
Secondary
Eat the animals who are primary
Tertiary
Eats all animals and doesn’t get eaten
What dose ANWR stand for
Artic national wildlife rescue
What do ANWR do
They are trying to save the Alaska tundra for its natural beauty instead of the oil which is beneath the ground
What dose the ANWR protect
Musk oxen Doll sheep Lynx Red /artic fox Coyotes Grisly / black bears Grey wolfs
Name 5 countries with tundra
Greenland Ice land Poland Russia Canada
What country has the biggest amount of tundra
Canada
List the 3 main threats to the tundra
Global warming
Hunting
Extraction of ore gas and metal ores
How is the tundra different to Antarctica
Different animals
Only 1 continent
Less human inhabitants
Different adaptations
List 2 facts about captain scott
Left England 1910
Led 5 men on foot to Antarctica
Died 11 miles from the end
What is the Antarctic treaty
To make sure Antarctica is used in a peaceful way and no country can do anything to harm it
Is Great Britain in the Antarctic treaty
YES
Why was the Antarctic treaty set up
To prevent wars and conflict happening over pieces os Antarctica and to study it
List the 5 main threats to Antarctica
Research stations Tourism Climate change Over fishing Mining
What are the 3 rules of the Antarctic treaty
It is devoted to peace and to scientific research , mineing is not allowed, nothing happens that could be bad for the invironment
