FREE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT TUNDRA EXAM

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FREE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT TUNDRA EXAM

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Question 1: What is an example of a food chain in the tundra?

Answer:

sun > lichens > caribou > polar bear Question 2: What predator hunts the musk oxen and how do they protect themselves?

Answer:

Polar bears hunt the mox oxen. The mox oxen protect themselves by circling around and pointing their sharp horns at the predator.

Question 3: Name some endangered plants and animals.

Answer:

caribou, arctic fox, and musk oxen

Question 4: Why do the caribou go to the forest south of the tundra for winter?

Answer:

They are sheltered from the wind and can find food.

Question 5: What is the average temperature in the winter in the tundra?

Answer:

-13 to -40 degrees Fahrenheit

Question 6: Name some herbivores or prey in the food pyramid in the tundra.

Answer:

lemmings, musk oxen, and caribou Question 7: Name some carnivores or predators in the food pyramid in the tundra.

Answer:

wolf, fox, snowy owl,polar bear

Question 8: Describe the Tundra.

Answer:

lonely, windy, cold, flat, treeless, beautiful

Question 9: Do lemmings hibernate? Explain.

Answer:

No, because then the foxes and owls can't eat.Question 10: Give 3 animals that stay on the tundra for the winter and have thick fur and fat to survive.

Answer:

1) polar bear

2) musk oxen

3) foxes

Question 11: What is the tundra like from Sep. to May?

Answer:

always night, winter, long nights, -50 degrees Fahrenheit

Question 12: Where is the tundra located?

Answer:

northern continents near the north pole

Question 13: Name some examples of plant adaptions in the tundra.

Answer:

shallow roots, grow close to the ground, grow in groups, short tiny hairs, small leaves

Question 14: What is the average temperature in the summer in the tundra?

Answer:

40 to 50 degrees Fahrenheit Question 15: Because of the permafrost what forms on the land in the summer? Explain why this happens?

Answer:

Shallow lakes and ponds form. They form because the water can't soak into the ground when the snow melts.

Question 16: Name some threats to the environment in the tundra.

Answer:

1) over-hunting

2) exploration of oil, gas, chemicals, and minerals

3) construction of oil pipelines

4) waste deposit

Question 17: Why would large trees not be able to grow in the tundra?

Answer:

They have to shallow roots since they can't get through the permafrost.

Question 18: What is permafrost?

Answer:

soil that is permanently frozen

Question 19: Why do the caribou migrate to the tundra?

Answer:

to have birth and eat grass

Question 20: Describe the climate in the tundra from September to May.

Answer:

cold, hard, dry, harsh

Question 21: What are 2 programs that have helped these animals?

Answer:

1) Protected Refugees Park - parks were created to protect endangered animals

2) close hunting season - created this allowing only certain months to hunt

2) Close hunting seasons were created

Question 22: What 3 adaptions help the ptarmigan survive the winter?

Answer:

hair grows between toes, change the color of their feathers from brownish to white, their feathers fluff Question 23: What is the largest predator on the tundra and why is it dangerous?

Answer:

The polar bear is the largest predator and it is dangerous because it is very fast.

Question 24: Is the tundra a biome?

Answer:

yes

Question 25: What 2 birds stay on the tundra all year?

Answer:

snowy owl and ptarmigan

Question 26: Describe lichens.

Answer:

small, crusty, little things made of algae and fungi