Polar Tundra Animals And Plants
Whales seals and snowy owls are also found in polar regions.
Polar tundra animals and plants. The Arctic Creature Mobile Grades K-5 Students create a mobile of Arctic animals that depend on each other for food. Arctic hares can be found in various tundra areas of greenland and northern canada. Animals that live in the polar biome include polar bears beluga whales killer whales and harbor seals 4.
Only a thin layer of soil called the active layer thaws and refreezes each year. Bears Polar Bears diets consist mainly of seals. This may be a teacher-directed or independent activity depending on grade level.
The tundra is characterized by permafrost a layer of soil and partially decomposed organic matter that is frozen year-round. Approximately 1700 species of plants live on the Arctic tundra including flowering plants dwarf shrubs herbs grasses mosses and lichens. Arctic animals have thick coats to keep them warm.
A blood-sucking insect that can transmit some diseases. Many animals live on the tundra including caribou. Some animals stay all year round others migrate to warmer places for the winter.
A wide variety of plant species mainly sedges grasses and flowering plants form the vegetation of the tundra. The arctic tundra plants and animals have to adapt themselves in order to survive the harsh conditions of this region. Despite its cold temperatures there are many animals who live in the polar biome 3.
Wolves are the top predators. 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. 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.