The Tundra

By Charon Dias

The Tundra is located in the northern hemisphere. But there is one biome located in the south, Antarctica. The Tundra is one of the youngest biome in the world. The Tundra is a barren land.

This means there are no plants that live in that biome.

Where is the Tundra?

Three types of plants

that live in the Tundra?

However some types of plants do live there

such as grasses, mosses and Lichen.

3 types of animals that live in the tundra?Sea lions, polar bears and penguins. There are also 43 other species.

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There are about 60 medicinal

plants in the tundra. The two

most common medicinal plants

are the Arctic Willow and the

Arnica.

Both these plants give vitamin C

and are edible for eating.

Biotic and abiotic factors?

Biotic

Biotic plants that live in the Tundra are heaths and mosses.

Animals that live in the Tundra snowy owl reindeers, white foxes and many more animals.

Abiotic

Some abiotic factors are strong winds, little rainfall, long winters, short summer days and bad soil.

Carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide and greenhouse gasses affect the tundra and cause global warming.

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The only minerals that are found in the tundra are ice and snow. There is also coal, copper, gold, nickel, zinc and oil due to pressure. The most common after ice is mud, water, rocks and sand. Mining is hard because

of the ice and thick layer of snow. There are no plants that live in the tundra.

What minerals that can be found there?

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Science helps us locate where minerals might be and how

to access them. We can also use science to find out what

type of mineral we find and what it can be used for.

How has science helped

to discover the resources

that we can use ?

How are humans destroying the Tundra?

Humans effect the tundra by polluting the seas which lands up at the tundra and destroys the living things who live there.

The air pollution also destroys the tundra by melting the ice caps.

The carbon greenhouse gases also melt our polar ice caps.

Drilling for precious melting affect the animals as their homes are destroyed.

Also because humans crack the ice and could lead to a natural disaster.

How has use of natural resources affected the environment, economics (money) or society

It affect’s our environment because it can destroy wild life and mother nature. It affects our economics as the more minerals people purchase the more diamond and gold companies produce. It affect our society as machines that mine gold and diamonds pollutes the air and then we have less oxygen to breathe. It also affects our society as the more trees that get cut down so we can mine, the less oxygen there is to breathe.

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