Arctic Tundra

The arctic tundra biome is a biome located in the arctic circle, in such places as north Canada, Russia, Alaska, Iceland, Finland, and most of Greenland. Covering approximately 20% of the Earth 's land surface, the arctic tundra biome is the coldest biome on Earth, with winter temperatures averaging at -34°C (-30°F), and summer temperatures of around 3-12°C (37-54°F). The moderate summer temperature allows this icy biome to sustain life. Yearly precipitation is a low 15-25 centimetres (6-10 inches). The ground in a tundra biome has very low nutrients,which accounts for the low amount of plant life. Under the thin layer of soil, there is a thick layer of permafrost, or frozen ground, allowing little room for deep rooting plants and trees.This

Required Components: 10 plants and 10 animals 1: Title: Tundra 2:Biome Description/Definition: Tundra has a biome where the temperatures are almost always really low. Due to low temperatures Growth of trees and plants have diminished, leaving low habitants of animals roaming the area. There are three different types of tundras: Arctic Tundra, Alpine Tundra, and Antarctic Tundra. 3:Climate and Location: The tundra has one of the coldest climates known to man.

Introduction The frozen land of the Canadian artic stretches north of across the top of North America from Alaska to Greenland. Here, for more than four thousand years have lived the people of the ice, the Innu. For about nine months of a year here it snows. The soil is always frozen just below the surface, and in winter the seas turn into ice.

Climate The Canadian Arctic is one of the extremely coldest climates known on Earth with the temperature of -28°C and -70°C during winter and in summer around 12°C which makes it very hard to survive unless you have appropriate shelter to keep you warm in freezing cold temperature. They had to discover a natural way of keeping them warm under shelter, For this particular reason, people who lived in that environment were forced to accommodate themselves by building with the material they had available and survive by using the techniques of passive engineering. Structure Design and Purpose People have always been fascinated by this traditional vernacular building called Igloo which is commonly found in Canada Arctic. The inventors of this vernacular

Newfoundland and Labrador has a bit of everything; Arctic Tundra, spectacular mountain

Earth’s climate has been changing over the last few decades, with the global temperatures rising at a high rate (Corell, 2006). Some of these climate changes are due to natural causes, although the strength at which temperatures are rising indicates human influences, such as increased carbon dioxide emission, as well as other greenhouse gases. Climate change particularly affects the Arctic region, where warmer temperatures are causing decrease in sea ice extent and thickness, permafrost thawing, coastal erosion, changes in ice sheets and shelves, and consequently, changes in the distribution and reproduction rates of Arctic species (Corell, 2006). Warmer temperatures have led to increased melting of glaciers and sea ice, and shortening of

Also, they hit the ground to make sure that there is water. Most of the fresh water is underground because the snow that is on the outside is undrinkable. Also, it was also hard to get because the ice is frozen and hard. This is one reason why global warming was significant to the Inuit people.

First off the weather is so cold there that they have igloos as houses. That means that they can use their surrounding ice and snow to build a home that can stay there even through the summer. The Inuit can also build houses out of wood but it is very rare to see in a village because there are not a lot of trees in the arctic for them to cut down and build as houses, plus it takes more effort and work when they could just have an igloo and get other more important things done. Next thing that is different between the other two tribes is that the Inuit think that they are the most important barometer in the world because what happens in the world, like global changes, always happen there first. Therefore we can figure out what’s gonna happen to us in the next few years from the information based off of the arctic.

The Arctic lived and settled by the Subarctic people. They were more interested in carving more than

More ice forming will result in greater albedo effect. As a result, there is cooler temperatures during the winter time in Moscow, Russia. The reason why climate in Moscow is continental is because of the high mountain ranges that block moderating temperatures from the Indian and Pacific oceans causing very cold temperatures. Toronto and Moscow have very different climates from each other. They have two distinctly differently geographical location; one being under the influence of Lakes and the other in a mountainous region with high elevation.

Blubber If an animal habitat is located in a cold, frosty area, such as the Arctic Circle, bearing with the weather could be a challenge. Many warm-blooded animals, such as whales and seals, rely on blubber to keep their body temperatures up. Whales, for example, are constantly swimming. They could not survive in the frigid water without their blubber protecting and keeping them warm.

The Dene people lived in the bottom of the north, while the Inuits lived right above them in the middle part of Northern Canada. They both also made 1 story houses/huts that were specially designed to keep them warm. They had to do this for the reason that is if they didn’t they would freeze from the bitter cold. They both made many things the same. They lived in the northern part of Canada and made insulated houses, but they also did many things differently.

The great lakes cool the area down when it gets too hot and warms it up when it gets too cold, moderating the temperature. It is the north of Canada, which means it is at higher latitude. Because of this, it means it is farther away from the equator and therefore colder than places such as Kitchener or

There would be no plant growth, so less oxygen for people, and food for certain animals if the sun was blocked.

The Canadian Shield region gets up to 200-300 mm of rain in summer, and about 1250-1500mm of snow in winter. The climate in this region can be described as having longer winters and shorter summers. There is a wide variety of wildlife in the canadian shield landform. Some of these animals include the Peregrine Falcon, the Golden Eagle, Barren Ground Caribou, and the Arctic Fox. These animals live in this region because they can stand the cooler