Alaskan Tundra Animals And Plants
Arctic animals have thick coats to keep them warm.
Alaskan tundra animals and plants. Although the animals are marine species students will still gain the concept of a food chain. Animals that eat both other animals and plants are called omnivores. This conserves nutrients and helps protect the plant from cold windscour and desiccation.
Some animals found on the Alaskan tundra include caribou arctic fox arctic hare arctic ground squirrel and arctic grizzly bear. Heres a list of the most common. This may be a teacher-directed or independent activity depending on grade level.
Often you can smell this plant before you see its blossom a cluster of 10-40 white flowers toward the tip of the stem. Some tundra plants such as Labrador tea and Arctic dryad retain old leaves rather than dropping them. The Arctic Creature Mobile Grades K-5 Students create a mobile of Arctic animals that depend on each other for food.
This is why the polar bears are very fit for this crazy climate of Barrow Alaska. Create food chains for the ocean and the tundra. And draw pictures of life in the ocean and the tundra and state how they are the same and different.
One of the dominant plants that covers the tundra is Labrador tea. This rich diet enables them to rear their young in an otherwise bleak environment. Robin Dublin Karen L.
Many bird species migrate from southern areas to the tundra each year for the reduced competition and plentiful insect harvest. Ecosystems in Alaska range from grasslands mountains and tundra to thick forests in which Sitka spruce the state tree western hemlock tamarack white birch and western red cedar dominate the landscape. Alaska Department of Fish and Game.