Polar Tundra Animals And Plants
Plankton are tiny plants animals and bacteria that float on the surface.
Polar tundra animals and plants. Animals that live in the polar biome include polar bears beluga whales killer whales and harbor seals 4. Some of the animals that live in the polar biome include polar bears penguins and arctic foxes on land and seals whales and zooplankton in the ocean 3. Arctic hares can be found in various tundra areas of greenland and northern canada.
Since most of the polar biome is located above the arctic circle where there is no land plant life is nearly non existent in this biome. Tundra Animals and plants. They are very cold and have little precipitation.
The windswept treeless plains of the Arctic tundra sometimes look barren but they are inhabited by a multitude of plants and animals. Plants and animals have adapted to stay warm and preserve water. Few other plants can survive.
These amazing polar bears live in this Tundra biome. The Pine tree has small animals hunting for its twigs and leaves such as the Arctic Hare. This may be a teacher-directed or independent activity depending on grade level.
The tundra climate region are found in the Arctic and Antarctic. Animals in the tundra are also adapted to extreme conditions and they take advantage of the temporary explosion of plant and insect life in the short growing season. When we say tundra animals the first few names to come to your mind are likely to be the arctic fox polar bear caribou arctic hare lemmings etc.
In the south is the subarctic formed by the northern subzones of the circumpolar boreal forestTo the north is the Arctic proper where the vegetation is generally referred to as tundra from the Finnish word for an open rolling plain. Some animals stay all year round others migrate to warmer places for the winter. Other animals that live in the tundra include polar bears arctic foxes caribous north american reindeers penguins southern arctic areas grey wolves snow geese and musk oxen.