Tundra Biome Research Paper

Dear Coach Williams, I am visiting Yukon, Canada. The longitude and latitude for this destination is 64.2823° N & 135.0000° W. Yukon is classified as a tundra biome. The word tundra comes from the Finnish word “tunturia” which means treeless plain. The tundra biome is commonly known for its frost capped landscapes, incredibly low temperatures, and little to no precipitation. Another thing the tundra is known for is its permanent layer of permafrost, which is a subsoil and partially decayed organic matter. The arctic tundra is located in the northern hemisphere, where it is known to house the coldest places. The average temperature is 10 to 20 degrees F. The lowest temperature the tundra can reach is 60 degrees below F. It has very short growing seasons. The summer season is only a short 50 to 60 days. In the middle of summer, the sun can stay out in sight for at least 24 hours. During the summer, the temperature can reach up to 50 degrees F, as a

There is more animal activity in the summer than there is in the winter. A large proportion of animals will hibernate in the winter, some birds will migrate South for the summer and even insects will lay eggs timed to hatch in the summer. This biome also includes a mixture of plants. Some of these plants are arctic moss, arctic willows, bearberries, diamond-leaf willows, pasque flowers and caribou moss. Dead organic material acts as nutrients for the plants to live off of. The two most important nutrients are nitrogen and phosphorus. The nitrogen nutrient is generated by biological fixation, which is the process when nitrogen gas from the atmosphere is absorbed into the tissue of specific plants. Phosphorus is generated by precipitation. Even though the soil is low in nutrients and the plants only get 6 to 10 inches of rain a year, this biome can still support is native