Tundra Research Paper

The Tundra is an enormous biome. It covers about one fifth of the earth! That is a good part of the Earth. Greenland is a very good example of the tundra. It is located near the top of the world, near the north pole! The most distinctive characteristic of the tundra, is its permanent layer of permafrost, which means it has a thick layer of frozen soil throughout the year. The latitude of the tundra is 66.5625 degrees north, 0 degrees east. The tundra does not have many types of vegetation. It has shrubs, grass in some parts and a lot of mosses. The tundra is too cold to be able to grow a lot of vegetation. The animals that live in the tundra are the arctic foxes, musk ox, the snowy owl, lemmings, and the polar bear!
One of the animals that live in the tundra, the snowy owl, is very interesting! It is very different from other owls. The snowy owl's niche is to reduce the competition for food. It hunts for prey when other owls are asleep so they will not have to watch out for others. It is a secondary consumer that eats mice.
The primary consumer of the tundra are the lemmings. They feed on grass and insects that are in the tundra. In the tundra, they get six to ten inches of rain per year, that is not very much for the animals. It is so cold in the tundra that the water freezes very quickly so it is hard for the animals to get water that is not frozen.
The tundra is a cold, vast, treeless biome. It does not have many options for where animals can live. There are no trees for owls and not many shrubs or anything for housing for the animals. Tundra is mostly made of low plains and only few mountains. It is mostly located in Greenland and some parts of