Polar Tundra Animals And Plants
Wolves are the top predators.
Polar tundra animals and plants. 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. Tundra Animals and plants. Few other plants can survive.
The Arctic Creature Mobile Grades K-5 Students create a mobile of Arctic animals that depend on each other for food. In North America the descriptive term Barren Grounds is frequently. The polar bear is a tertiary consumer and is an omnivore.
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. Animals - Polar bears live in the Arctic and penguins live in the Antarctic. Only a thin layer of soil called the active layer thaws and refreezes each year.
Arctic hares can be found in various tundra areas of greenland and northern canada. One to three class periods. Despite its cold temperatures there are many animals who live in the polar biome 3.
Although the animals are marine species students will still gain the concept of a food chain. A very simple plant without stems or leaves that grows in or near water. Some animals stay all year round others migrate to warmer places for the winter.
Cetacea mammals that are divided into two broad groups toothed and baleen. These amazing polar bears live in this Tundra biome. The Labrador Tea is a plant that mostly grows in the Southern part of the Tundra and there can grow up to about 5 feet but in the northern Tundra when they are found they stay close to the ground and uneaten by most animals because they can be poisonous if eaten even though they are rich in Vitamin C.