Winter temperature average around 0 degrees Celsius and in the summer the average is around 35 degrees Celsius. | Birds and insects | Tundra | Precipitation averages from 20 to 60 cm annually in arctic tundra and up to or more than 100 cm annually in alpine tundra. Winters are long and cold and averages somewhere around -30 degrees Celsius summers are short with low temperatures normally less than 10 degrees Celsius. | Large grazing musk oxen‚
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Quiz 1 Tuesday‚ September 20‚ 2011 10:59 PM 1. Ecology o The study of interactions of organisms with their environment 2. Ecosystems o Organisms and their interactions with one another as well as their interactions with the environment o Ecosystems are like puzzles; if you disturb one part‚ you disturb others o Energy maintains an ecosystem 3. Environment o 2 parts • Biotic Part ▪ Living organisms • Abiotic Part
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similar‚ and yet so different? A land of whimsical beauty and mystery‚ the arctic is one of the last frontiers yet to be explored. Deep in the valleys and high in the cloudy mountains lie incredible sights‚ rarely glimpsed by the human eye. Its territory is remote and fresh‚ where huge herds of elk are stalked by timber wolves‚ and the grizzly and even polar bear tread on the hundreds of miles of forest and tundra. The many weeks of yearly darkness followed by a never-ending ’midnight sun’ is
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Week 7 Ecosystems and Environment Organisms and Their Environment CLICK link below to hear a Science Course Mentor provide an overview to this section‚ “Organisms and their Environment”: http://wgu.connectpro.acrobat.com/p35559917/ Use Chapter 21‚ Conceptual Integrated Science‚ to address the following items in your notes: 1. What are abiotic and biotic factors? ABIOTIC is non living things such as temperature‚ precipitation ponds‚ rocks‚ sunlight and so forth. Abiotic also includes BIOTIC
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of the Americas an irreversible transformation was triggered. The extreme differences in the cultures of the Europeans and Native Americans would prove to be ... As depicted in The Snow Walker‚ the Inuit Tribe was mostly contained within the Arctic Tundra. Whereas‚ in Dances With Wolves‚ the Sioux Indians were west of the Mississippi River in what is known as the prairies and plains. During the 19th century as Europeans ventured westward and began to settle in what we now know as the United States
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In the intriguing story of “Never Cry Wolf‚” Farley Mowat shares his experience studying Arctic wolves and caribou on an investigation in the Barren Lands of central Keewatin. What I presumed to be a dull memoir on wolves‚ turned out to be an emotional and nearly humorous text about a naturalist becoming fond of Arctic wolves. Mowat has an elaborate use of diction as well as syntax‚ imagery‚ pathos and anthropomorphism. From a personal experience‚ I find it hard reading out of my comfort zone and
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creating feelings of loneliness and despair. Shelley strengthens the theme of isolation by setting the conclusion of her novel in the Arctic wasteland‚ a place of hostile and desolate environment. We are first introduced to the theme of loneliness in the first chapter of the novel In his second letter to his sister‚ we learn that Walton was trapped in the Arctic and feels lonely and isolated‚ with no one to turn to for comfort‚ "I have no friend‚ Margaret: when I am glowing with the enthusiasm of
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freshwater lake‚ however it splintered due to melting and the lake and the ecosystem it contained drained into the Arctic Ocean. This has impacted on the animals‚ as polar bears‚ walruses and seals were made to migrate to different regions for find food‚ making it more difficult to survive. METHODS USES TO OBTAIN DATA Figure 1‚ taken from http://psc.apl.washington.edu/wordpress/research/projects/arctic-sea-ice-volume-anomaly/ is the arctic sea ice volume anomaly from the PIOMAS. The daily sea ice volume
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The indigenous people of the Arctic had a culture that was in many ways very different from that of the people of the Great Plains. Their living styles were also very different to the rest of Indigenous people of the Americas. The Arctic people where known as Inuits and Aleuts. They had to adapt to the harsh Arctic environment‚ and they obtained most of their food by hunting‚ trapping‚ and also fishing. Living in icy tundras‚ the Inuit people were unable to use agriculture for sustaining food. Therefore
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located leeward side of rain shadow -Characteristics of grasslands: richest soil in the world‚ benefits from fire‚ human impact includes agriculture and rangeland -Characteristics of tundra: Low vegetation‚ short growing season‚ cold winters‚ water is locked up in snow and ice -Difference between alpine vs. arctic tundra: Alpine has more solar radiation‚ hot in summer‚ lots of winds and gravely soil -Tropical rain forests: warm all year round‚ soil is thin‚ acidic and nutrient poor. Human impacts
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