Alaskan Tundra Animals And Plants

The animals and plants in the tundra depend on each other to survive.

Alaskan tundra animals and plants. The Tundras Animals and Plants. Robin Dublin Karen L. Arctic animals have thick coats to keep them warm.

Eaten by migrating animals like birds Arctic Hare Arctic Fox Abiotic Plants Coat grows longer and thicker for winter multi-layer coat Biotic Form pesticide to keep insects away Grows 15 cm tall Endangered Organisms Of the Tundra Adaptations for Biotic Factors Wide. These creatures and plants are adapted to live in colder climates and thrive in Alaskas tundra biome. Some tundra plants such as Labrador tea and Arctic dryad retain old leaves rather than dropping them.

Although the animals are marine species students will still gain the concept of a food chain. This rich diet enables them to rear their young in an otherwise bleak environment. Lemmings voles caribou arctic hares and squirrels are examples of tundra herbivores at the bottom of the food web.

This may be a teacher-directed or independent activity depending on grade level. The Arctic Creature Mobile Grades K-5 Students create a mobile of Arctic animals that depend on each other for food. Those living in the icy water have blubber a thick layer of fat under the skin.

Ecosystems in Alaska range from grasslands mountains and tundra to thick forests in which Sitka spruce the state tree western hemlock tamarack white birch and western red cedar dominate the landscape. Various hardy plants and wild flowers spring up during the short growing season on the semiarid tundra plains. Some animals stay all year round others migrate to warmer places for the winter.

This is why the polar bears are very fit for this crazy climate of Barrow Alaska. Many bird species migrate from southern areas to the tundra each year for the reduced competition and plentiful insect harvest. One of the dominant plants that covers the tundra is Labrador tea.