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Mind Map by Elizabeth Henderson, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Elizabeth Henderson
almost 7 years ago
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Alaska Tundra
- Shelter
- Plants
- Grow in low, flat
mats or cushions.
- Grow small to
avoid winds
- Grow in low, flat
mats or cushions.
- Insects
- Mosses, soil, and
other plants
- Mosses, soil, and
other plants
- Small Mamals
- Beneath the snow
- Beneath the snow
- Plants
- Growth and Reproduction
- Insects
- Predatory Animals
- Lake Trout
- Migratory Birds
- Brown Bears
- Insects
- Migration
- Birds
- Waterfowl
- Shorebirds
- Fly to the tundra in the
spring, have babies,
then leave in the fall
- Fly to the tundra in the
spring, have babies,
then leave in the fall
- Waterfowl
- Ptarmagain
- Migrate a short
distance from high
alpine to low alpine
in interior alaska
- Migrate a short
distance from high
alpine to low alpine
in interior alaska
- Fish
- Migrate to places where
water doesn't freeze
- Migrate to places where
water doesn't freeze
- Caribou
- Migrate out of the
tundra areas to
winter in taiga orest
- Have babies in the tundra
as soon as the plants
become nutritious
- Migrate out of the
tundra areas to
winter in taiga orest
- Birds
- Antifreeze
- Insects
- Withstand temps
of -76 degrees
- Withstand temps
of -76 degrees
- Wood Frogs
- Withstand temps
of 21 degrees
- Withstand temps
of 21 degrees
- Plants
- Photosynthesize sugars
at temps below the
freezing point of water
- Photosynthesize sugars
at temps below the
freezing point of water
- Fish
- Withstand temps
of 4 degrees
- Withstand temps
of 4 degrees
- Insects
- Color
- Camouflage
- Change colors to blend
in seasonally
- Change colors to blend
in seasonally
- Warm Blooded Animals
- Use camouflage
- Use camouflage
- Insects
- Dark to soak up sun
- Dark to soak up sun
- Plants
- Blue or purple to absorb
more soar energy
- Blue or purple to absorb
more soar energy
- Camouflage
- Size and Shape
- Tundra Hares
- Larger
- Shorter ears
- Larger
- Small Animals
- Live under the snow
- Small
- Live under the snow
- Lemmings
- Large
- Smaller ears
- Tails
- Large
- Arctic Foxes
- Shorter ears
- Shorter ears
- Tundra Hares
- Food
- Brown Bear
- 4-5 months of eating
- Loose up to 60% of their
weight during winter
- Hibernate
- 4-5 months of eating
- Pikas
- Cut, dry and store
plants for winter
- Stay active during winter
- Cut, dry and store
plants for winter
- Arctic Ground Squirls
- Hibernate
- Lowers body temp
to save energy
- Hibernate
- Lemmings
- Energy rich buds
- Stem beds
- rhizomes of
dormant plants
- Stay active
during winter
- Energy rich buds
- Brown Bear
- Fur, Feathers, and Movement
- Muskoxen
- Double coat of dense hair
- Double coat of dense hair
- Plants
- Waxy coating
- Waxy coating
- Ptarmigan
- Feathering coats
- Best insulation
- Feathering coats
- Tundra Bumblebees
- Dense velvet-like hair as a coat
- Shiver flight muscles
to generate heat.
- Dense velvet-like hair as a coat
- Wooly Lousewort
- Hairs to block wind
- Hairs to block wind
- Muskoxen
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