Tundra revision resource
Climate
Flora
Fauna
Interdependant
Soil
Soil to Plants
There is nutrients and water in the soil that plants take out to use for them to grow.
Climate
Climate to Soil
It puts water into the soil and then the plants use that to grow.
Climate to Animals
The climate means that the plants can grow giving them food to eat.
Climate to Plants
The rain and the sun make the plants grow
Animals
Animals to Plants
They are used in pollination and seed dispersal
Plants
Plants to Soil
When the plants shed their leaves they fall of the soil and then they will decompose and then that puts nutrients back in to the soil.
Plants to Animals
The plants are a source of food for a huge amount of the animals that live in the temerate grasslands
Distribution
Tundra is found in the regions just below the ice caps of the Arctic, extending across North America, to Europe, and Siberia in Asia. Much of Alaska and about half of Canada are in the tundra biome.
Tundra winters are long, dark, and cold, with mean temperatures below 0°C for six to 10 months of the year.
Two distinct seasons, long winter and short summer
Precipitation in the tundra totals 150 to 250 mm a year, including melted snow, which is less than some hot deserts
Most plants are low growing plants
Small to minimise heat loss