The
Tundra is unlike any other biome.
It has extremely low teperatures, little percipitation, poor
nurtrients, and a short growing season. The tundra mostly
circumnavigats the North pole, but there are little areas in the
southern part of the hemisphere with the land covered in snow. About how long does the tundras'saverage summer season
last?
Tundra
comes
from the word Tunturia, meaning treeless plain. It is the world's
youngest
biome. It was formed 10,000 years ago, and covers about 20% of the
Earth’s surface. It is one of the
coldest and driest biomes. The ground can support low growing plants
likes lichen and mosses. The main season in the tundra are winter and
summer and spiring and fall are very short.
A) 6-10 weeks
B) one (1) month
C) 10 months