KS3 powerpoint about the biome TUNDRA with details about climate, animal adaptations, etc. Created for homework purposes but is fully animated.

1. Tundra
“Treeless Plain”

2. On the Map
Globe Map with Biomes
Equator
Tropic of Capricorn
Tropic of Cancer
Antarctic Circle
Arctic Circle

3. Where?
 The latitude range is from a little
past the Arctic Circle to 60-70o N.
 Linear distribution.
 Found in parts of continents such
as North America, Europe and Asia.
 Some countries it is found in are
parts of Russia, Greenland,
Norway, Canada and Iceland.
 Roughly 10% of Russia’s land is
tundra, which is found in its
extreme north.

4. Interesting Facts:
• There are two types of tundra:
• Arctic
• Alpine
• The Alpine tundra is the most fragile
biome on Earth.
• It is shrinking at alarming rates
never seen from as long as 10,000
years ago.

5. Interesting Facts:
• There are more than 1500 species
of plants living in the tundra.
• There are three main peoples in
the tundra:
 Innuit
 Innu
 Yakut

6. Interesting Facts:
• Summers are 6 weeks long.

7. Altitude
Highest point:
3377m.
Lowest point:
91m.

8. -50
-40
-30
-20
-10
0
10
20
30
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC
TEMPERATURE(DEGREESC)
RAINFALL(MM)
Tundra Climate Graph
Rainfall Temperature
Climate
-40oC
19oC
0mm 0mm 0mm 0mm 0mm
30mm 30mm 30mm
 Rainfall total: 140mm
 Temperature change:
59 degrees Celsius

9. Food Chain
Sunlight
Water Producer Primary consumer Secondary consumer

10. Plants
1) Growing low to the ground
Fun Fact:
They don’t usually
grow taller than a
foot.
Resist the coldest of temperatures.
Reduce damage caused by strong winds and sharp ice particles.

11. Plants
1) Growing low to the ground
2) Developing hairs on stems
Fun Fact:
There are around 1700
types of plants living
in the Arctic tundra
alone.
Traps heat close to the plant.
Protection from the wind.

12.  Animals of the tundra have shorter legs and ears.
Animals
To reduce heat loss

13. Animals
 Hibernation
Reduce energy spent
Skip the deserted winter months

14. Who lives here?
 Hunters
 To feed their tribe
 To create coats to
battle the cold
 Caribou
 Harp seal
Fun Fact: The Inuit
are also known as the
Eskimos.
+
• Keep their tribe fed
• Keep their traditions
for longer
-
• Hunting threatened
animals such as:
• Polar bears
• Narwhals
• Etc.

15. Who lives here?
 Oil drillers
 Canada
 Russia
 Alaska
 Billions of barrels of oil and natural gas to
be pumped
+
• Fuels numerous
countries electrically.
• Billions of dollars to
exporting countries
-
• Global warming
• Species’ extinction

16. Who lives here?
 Miners
 Canada
 Greenland
 Russia
Fun Fact: Yakuta
has an estimated
one quarter of
the World’s
diamonds
Copper
Lead
Nickel
Palladium
Uranium
Zinc
+
• Billions of dollars to
countries
-
• Changes in habitat
• Roads melt ice
• Habitat fragmentation

17. Threats
Threats
Invading
human
development
Drilling and
mining
Global
warming
Man-Made

18. Threats
Drilling and
Mining
Ice
fragmentation
Animals lose
food
Species
extinction
Habitat
destruction
Burn fossil fuels
Greenhouse gas
accumulation
Species
extinction
Habitat
destruction
Human
settlement
Build roads
Burn fossil fuels Melts ice
Species
extinction
Habitat
destruction
Global Warming
Melting of ice
caps
Habitat loss
Climate change
on global scale*
Species
extinction
Habitat
destruction

19. Conservation Organizations
 Organizations:
 GreenPeace - Suppressing the
pumping of Arctic oil.
 Alaskan and Russian parks –
Safeguarding tundra areas
populated with Arctic species.
 Successes:
 GreenPeace: Protesting against
oil drilling occurring close to
Bear Island nature reserve.
 Alaskan and Russian parks:
Keeping the land human-free.
Raising $200 million a year.

20. Let’s do our Part
 Switch to alternative energy sources: solar, wind, etc.
 Limit where human construction takes place (roads, settlements, pipelines)
that may damage the biome.
 Recycle, reuse and reduce.

21. Thank You
Save the Arctic. Save the World.

22. Bibliography
 Home slide definition. Barbara Taylor . Arctic and Antarctic. 15/may/2018
 Image of Map Slide 3. MrGeogWagg. 14/may/2018
https://mrgeogwagg.wordpress.com/2014/08/24/battle-for-the-biosphere-
lesson-2/
 Facts about the continents it’s in. Arlen DiNero.15/may/2018
https://sciencing.com/continents-tundra-8348649.html
 Which countries it’s in (point 3). John Cagney Nash. 16/may/2018
http://traveltips.usatoday.com/cities-tundra-100001.html
 Percentage of Russia (point 4). Jeffrey Hays. 18/may/2018
http://factsanddetails.com/russia/Nature_Science_Animals/sub9_8a/entry-
5056.html
 Map of North America (slide 3). Chris Neuhaus. 18/may/2018
https://guides.lib.uni.edu/c.php?g=667842&p=4699401
 Map of Northern Europe (slide 3). European Commission, DG Research and
Innovation. 18/may/2018 https://libereurope.eu/blog/2015/08/19/pasteur4oa-
publishes-eu-member-states-readiness-for-open-access-report/
 Map of Asia (slide 3). ERIK SLAVIN. 18/may/2018 http://media.stripes.com/i/asia/

23. Bibliography
 Russia flag https://www.advantour.com/russia/flag.htm Advantour 4th June 2018
 Greenland flag https://motionarray.com/stock-motion-graphics/greenland-flag-35858
AndUp_Video 4th June 2018
 Norway flag https://adydesign.deviantart.com/art/Norway-Flag-200638888 AdyDesign 4th
June 2018
 Canada Flag Dick, N. (2015). The Canadian flag turns 50-years-old. Available:
http://mtltimes.ca/Montreal/montreal-times-writers/dick-nieuwendyk/canadian-flag-turns-
50-years-old/. Last accessed 4th Jun 2018.
 Iceland flag https://pixabay.com/en/iceland-flag-nation-country-1460211/DavidRockDesign
DavidRockDesign 4th June 2018
 Interesting fact #1 Biology 1B class. 9th June 2018.
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/glossary/gloss5/biome/tundra.html
 Animal adaptations Dr. Biology. (2014). Animals of the Tundra. Available:
https://askabiologist.asu.edu/animal-tundra. Last accessed 4th Jun 2018.
 Arctic fox image Defenders of Wildlife. (2009). Arctic Fox. Available:
https://defenders.org/arctic-fox/basic-facts. Last accessed 4th Jun 2018.
 Polar bear cub image Catherine, W. (2015). Watch a little polar bear cub experience snow for
the first time. Available: https://inhabitat.com/watch-a-little-polar-bear-cub-experience-
snow-for-the-first-time/. Last accessed 4th Jun 2018.

24. Bibliography
 Polar bear cub image Catherine, W. (2015). Watch a little polar bear cub experience
snow for the first time. Available: https://inhabitat.com/watch-a-little-polar-bear-
cub-experience-snow-for-the-first-time/. Last accessed 4th Jun 2018.
 Arctic Hare admin. (2015). Arctic Hare. Available: https://animalsadda.com/arctic-
hare/3083/. Last accessed 4th Jun 2018.
 Interesting fact #2, #3 Nelson, Ken. (2018). Science for Kids: Tundra Biome. Ducksters.
Retrieved from https://www.ducksters.com/science/ecosystems/tundra_biome.php
 Ice melting image GrantDixonMore. (2015). Greenland’s Glaciers Are Melting Faster
Than Ever. Available: http://www.takepart.com/article/2015/12/08/greenland-arctic-
glaciers-melting-faster-than-ever-climate-change. Last accessed 5th June 2018.
 Cushion plant image AskNature Team. (2016). Roots absorb nutrients from dead leaves:
cushion plants. Available: https://asknature.org/strategy/roots-absorb-nutrients-from-
dead-leaves/#.WxZz_0iFPIU. Last accessed 5th June 2018.
 Interesting fact #4 Wheeling Jesuit University. 9th June 2018.
http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/earthsysflr/tundraP.html
 Inuit image James Nye. (2013). Say freeze! Inuits from remote Russia get used to being
photographed for the very first time. Available:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2526767/Next-selfies-Inuits-remote-Russia-
smile-camera-used-photographed-time-ever.html. Last accessed 5th June 2018.

25. Bibliography
 Summer image fact #5 Steve Hillebrand. 6th June 2018.
http://www.nhptv.org/wild/tundra.asp
 Summer image 2 fact #5 Ben. 6th June 2018. https://diimension.com/alaska-
national-parks-glacier-np/alaska-national-parks-glacier-np-beautiful-lakes-
glacier-bay-national-park-alaska-snow-river-water-mountains/
 Altitude fact Haley, B. (2013). Arctic Tundra Biome. Available:
https://prezi.com/dclly6q5efwp/arctic-tundra-biome/. Last accessed 6th Jun
2018.
 Moss image Ria Mitchell. 9th June 2018.
http://www.travelinggeologist.com/2015/01/biologic-weathering-on-iceland-
with-ria-mitchell/
 Arctic fox image Kynade M. Sparks and Trystin D. Tejeda. (2014). Arctic Fox.
Available: https://www.smore.com/ysw1j-arctic-fox. Last accessed 9th Jun
2018.

26. Bibliography
 Moss campion (pink flowers) image Eric Beckers. 9th June 2018.
https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=SIAC
 Arctic willow image Trees Planet. 10th June 2018.
http://treesplanet.blogspot.com/2015/05/salix-arctica-arctic-
willow.html#.Wx0rM4ozbIU
 Pasque flower image and fact Gerald and Buff Corsi. 10th June 2018.
http://beyondpenguins.ehe.osu.edu/files/2011/07/web_pasque_flower.jpg
 Labrador tea image Josh Fecteau. 10th June 2018. http://joshfecteau.com/wp-
content/uploads/2015/06/labradortealeaves.jpg
 Adaptation #2 (plants) facts Davidson, E. (2018). Plant Adaptations in the
Tundra. Available: https://sciencing.com/plant-adaptations-tundra-8042887.html.
Last accessed 10th Jun 2018
 Brown bear image Kevyn Jalone. 11th June 2018.
https://www.nps.gov/articles/bears-winter.htm
 Arctic ground squirrel Phillipe Clement. 12th June 2018.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/life/Arctic_Ground_Squirrel
 Who lives here? Kelly Masi. 14th June 2018. https://sciencing.com/lives-tundra-
7485756.html

27. Bibliography
 Caribou image Wahed Mohammed. 14th June 2018.
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/caribou-tundra-wahed-
mohammed.html
 Harp seal image. Phylameana lila Desy. 14th June 2018.
https://www.thoughtco.com/arctic-tundra-animal-totems-4053398
 Miners and oil facts. William Jensen. 14th June 2018.
https://bizfluent.com/info-8433092-human-activities-tundra-climate.html
 Mine image. Diavik Diamond Mine. 14th June 2018.
https://www.gia.edu/gems-gemology/summer-2016-diamonds-canadian-
arctic-diavik-mine
 Oil drillers’ image. RSVSF Admin. 14th June 2018.
https://selvavidasinfronteras.wordpress.com/2011/08/19/nrdc-frances-
beinecke-no-to-arctic-drilling/
 Minerals mined. B & C Alexander. 14th June 2018.
http://www.arcticphoto.com/oilgas.asp

28. Bibliography
 Coal mine image. Paul J. Morris. 14th June 2018.
http://www.athro.com/geo/trp/gub/coal.html
 Raw diamonds image. The Diavik Diamond Mine. 14th June 2018.
https://geology.com/articles/canada-diamond-mines/
 Gold image. Job Nijsen. 14th June 2018. http://goudhub.com/fundamentals-voor-goud-
onveranderd/
 Iron ore image. Paige McClanahan. 14th June 2018.
https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Africa/Africa-Monitor/2010/1212/Massive-iron-ore-
project-brings-mining-tensions-back-to-Sierra-Leone
 Mine image #2. BHP Billiton. 14th June 2018. https://www.mining-
technology.com/projects/ekati/attachment/ekati1/
 Polar bear melting ice image. Jack Stein. 16th June 2018.
http://wwf.panda.org/wwf_news/successes/conservation_highlights_2013/?209174/Polar-
bear-summit-to-address-climate-threat#
 Threats facts. Maddy MacDonald. 15th June 2018. https://prezi.com/px_-p6ztlfkl/threats-to-
the-tundra-biome/
 Conservationists. Greg Turin. 16th June 2018. https://sciencing.com/efforts-protect-tundra-
8590787.html
 First achievement conserving. Josh Gabbatiss. 16th June 2018.
https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/arctic-ocean-fishing-ban-environment-
scientists-populations-fish-a8091541.html

29. Bibliography
 Polar bears cuddling. Daniel J. Cox. 16th June 2018.
https://www.google.ae/search?q=arctic+conservation&source=lnms&tbm=isch
&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwivl7q1vdfbAhXkKMAKHevMCHAQ_AUICigB#imgrc=dofSzzm
IfiDi4M
 GreenPeace activists’ image. Jason Schwartz. 16th June 2018.
https://www.greenpeace.org/usa/greenpeace-activists-pull-two-protests-
arctic-drilling/
 Solar panel image. NPS. 16th June 2018. https://www.nps.gov/articles/denali-
climate-change-response-2012.htm