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cold environments, biotic, abiotic - Coggle Diagram
cold environments
challenges
fragile
natural environment
permafrost
permanently frozen soil
difficult to build on
prone to movement if melts
extreme terms parts
inaccessible
difficult to build infrastructure
organisms
plants
characteristics
slow growing
dominated by grasses
short
low to ground to survive high wind speeds
survive on limited nutrients
adaptations
grass can cope with everything
coniferous trees
doesn't lose leaves
pine trees or tir trees
short flowering seasons to concide with melting
animals
characteristics
very short / simple food webs
very few animals
poles
north
poler bars
south
penguins
adaptations
blubber or fat
insulation
hibernation
migration
thick fur
dark skin
interdepended
fragile environment
animals + plants are highly dependent on each other
if one gets damaged all others suffer
biotic
plants
limited
animals
there are not many of them
abiotic
climate
low temps
low water avalebility
high wind speeds
soil
limited soil
recycling for nutrients