https://padlet.com/billingsleyma/omhfalgip3ts By Morgan Billingsley and Walker Bradfield en-us 2017-09-25 18:23:38 UTC 2026-02-26 05:39:04 UTC hello@padlet.com billingsleyma https://padlet.com/billingsleyma/omhfalgip3ts/wish/190979739 Usually bitterly cold, with summer temperatures ranging from 37-54 degrees Fahrenheit and winter temperatures averaging -30 degrees Fahrenheit. It is often plagued by frigid winds. The consistently cold temperatures result in permafrost, a perennially frozen layer of ground close beneath the surface which forms due to the water that freezes there. ]]> 2017-09-25 18:27:41 UTC https://padlet.com/billingsleyma/omhfalgip3ts/wish/190979739 billingsleyma https://padlet.com/billingsleyma/omhfalgip3ts/wish/190979882 The ride line is the monthly on average temperature and the blue is the amount of rainfall there is each month]]> 2017-09-25 18:27:58 UTC https://padlet.com/billingsleyma/omhfalgip3ts/wish/190979882 billingsleyma https://padlet.com/billingsleyma/omhfalgip3ts/wish/190979971 The sparse precipitation mostly takes the form of snow, which leaves a layer of snow and ice on the ground for much of the year. The average precipitation is 15 to 25 cm (or 6 to 10 in).]]> 2017-09-25 18:28:09 UTC https://padlet.com/billingsleyma/omhfalgip3ts/wish/190979971 billingsleyma https://padlet.com/billingsleyma/omhfalgip3ts/wish/190980087 See picture above. As you can see, there is the largest amount of rain between January and April and the smallest between June and September]]> 2017-09-25 18:28:19 UTC https://padlet.com/billingsleyma/omhfalgip3ts/wish/190980087 billingsleyma https://padlet.com/billingsleyma/omhfalgip3ts/wish/190980155 2017-09-25 18:28:27 UTC https://padlet.com/billingsleyma/omhfalgip3ts/wish/190980155 billingsleyma https://padlet.com/billingsleyma/omhfalgip3ts/wish/190980233 Most plants are broadleaf evergreen plants which keeps their leaves year round and have trees with shallow roots and broad bases. They need to capture the little sunlight that makes it through. Air plants get nutrients through humid air and rain, such as orchids]]> 2017-09-25 18:28:36 UTC https://padlet.com/billingsleyma/omhfalgip3ts/wish/190980233 billingsleyma https://padlet.com/billingsleyma/omhfalgip3ts/wish/190980278 The most permanent residents of the tundra are primarily small herbivores (including lemmings, hares, voles, and ground squirrels), small/medium predators (such as the lynx, arctic fox, snowy owl, and weasel), large herbivores (like the musk ox and caribou), and large predators (like the arctic wolf)]]> 2017-09-25 18:28:40 UTC https://padlet.com/billingsleyma/omhfalgip3ts/wish/190980278 billingsleyma https://padlet.com/billingsleyma/omhfalgip3ts/wish/190980314 As seen in the picture above, there's tons of biodiversity.]]> 2017-09-25 18:28:45 UTC https://padlet.com/billingsleyma/omhfalgip3ts/wish/190980314 billingsleyma https://padlet.com/billingsleyma/omhfalgip3ts/wish/190980347 Nothernmost reaches of the continents in the Northern Hemisphere, such as Canada, Russia, Iceland, Greenland, and Scandinavian countries.]]> 2017-09-25 18:28:49 UTC https://padlet.com/billingsleyma/omhfalgip3ts/wish/190980347 billingsleyma https://padlet.com/billingsleyma/omhfalgip3ts/wish/190980387 They are toward the middle of the earth, usually surrounding the equator. Some countries include Brazil, parts of central America, and Indonesia.]]> 2017-09-25 18:28:52 UTC https://padlet.com/billingsleyma/omhfalgip3ts/wish/190980387 billingsleyma https://padlet.com/billingsleyma/omhfalgip3ts/wish/190980420 Decomposition occurs slowly because of the extreme cold, which results in low populations of decomposers in the soil. Consequently, the soil is low in organic matter, nitrates, phosphates, and other minerals. ]]> 2017-09-25 18:28:56 UTC https://padlet.com/billingsleyma/omhfalgip3ts/wish/190980420 billingsleyma https://padlet.com/billingsleyma/omhfalgip3ts/wish/190980455 Scarce soil nutrients, so get most of nutrients in decomposing organisms and higher level consumers get it through other animals.]]> 2017-09-25 18:29:00 UTC https://padlet.com/billingsleyma/omhfalgip3ts/wish/190980455 billingsleyma https://padlet.com/billingsleyma/omhfalgip3ts/wish/190993954 There are no trees, but many low-growing plants such as grasses, mosses, an dwarf woody shrubs. Due to the constant cold and wind, tall plants and trees cannot grow. The growing season is only 6-8 weeks in the arctic summer, when there is almost constant sunshine,]]> 2017-09-25 18:56:43 UTC https://padlet.com/billingsleyma/omhfalgip3ts/wish/190993954 billingsleyma https://padlet.com/billingsleyma/omhfalgip3ts/wish/191001360 2017-09-25 19:12:20 UTC https://padlet.com/billingsleyma/omhfalgip3ts/wish/191001360 walkerbradfield https://padlet.com/billingsleyma/omhfalgip3ts/wish/191002590 2017-09-25 19:15:05 UTC https://padlet.com/billingsleyma/omhfalgip3ts/wish/191002590 walkerbradfield https://padlet.com/billingsleyma/omhfalgip3ts/wish/191004326 2017-09-25 19:19:08 UTC https://padlet.com/billingsleyma/omhfalgip3ts/wish/191004326