Tundra,+Pd.+2

Biome Description:
Characteristics of biome are clearly and thoroughly described: > The tundra is a beautiful land but has harsh winters. [] Author Unknow The area hightlighted in orange is the Tundra. [] Author unknown
 * Location- Antartica. Northern and Southern hemispher- [[image:http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Experiments/Biome/Images/pictundra.jpg width="350" height="263" caption="Tundra"]]
 * Map- Picture- [[image:http://www.windows2universe.org/earth/images/tundra_map_big2.jpg width="375" height="222"]]

> Animals try to eat the little grass that is coming through the heavy snow. [] Author unknown
 * =====Climate- The climate has freezing temperatures along with a mild summer and has harsh winters.=====
 * ====Rainfall- The average yearly rainfall is 25-100CM/10-32IN====
 * ====Average temp-the average temp. is 18C/-40F those temperatures are extremely cold====
 * ====Additional abiotic factor- An additional abiotic factor is dirt====
 * ====Picture-====

The average yearly temperature is 18C/-40F
The avreage yearly preicpitation 25-100CM/10-32IN Climate- Freezeing temp,mild summer and harsh winters. Abiotic factors-Dirt,

**Biotic factors:**
Each category includes general description, an adaptation, and a picture

__Five (5) Producers__ with adaptations: Bearberry , leather leaves, silky hairs to keep them warm. Labrador tea-has leather leaves rough hairs to keep them warm. Pasque Flower-grows close to the ground to keep its self warm in the harsh summers. Tufted Saxifage-root syestem forstoring carbohydrates, so that they can respond quicky to the cold. Artic moss-when not growing it stores nurteints. Flowers bask in the sun and get nutrients... [] Author Unknown __Three (3) Herbivores__ with adaptations: Caribou-stays in a heard also changes from light brow in the summer to dark brown in the winter. Musk ox-24"in long hair with an wool coat under neath. Artic hare-big hind legs to help them run also has gaint ears for amazing hearing. __Three (3) Carnivores__ with adaptations: Polar bear-2 layers of fur /black skin to attrack the sunrays to keep them warm. They also have webbed feet to help them swim. Ermine-changes white in the winter then dark brown in the summer. Snow owl-has white feathers in the winter and then changes to gray in the summer.
 * __Three (3) Omnivores__ with adaptations: Artic fox-brown in the summer and then white in the winter. Grizzly bear-hibronates in the winter and collects food to get fat in the summer and spring to get ready for hibronation. Harlequin duck-has webed feet so it can swim faster also has a sharp beak so the duck and open up nuts easyer. [[image:http://biomes-nail.wikispaces.com/site/embedthumbnail/placeholder?w=200&h=117 width="200" height="117"]]