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    a limiting factor because as wind wipes through Antarctica, it blows snow and ice throughout the biome so it blows and freezes vegetation around the area and causes blizzards against the organisms in the biome d. Sunlight is a limiting factor in Antarctica because there is no vegetation to shade organisms from the sunlight, but it is so cold in the biome that the sunlight does not create this biome to change temperature; however, without the sunlight, many of the organisms would not get the…

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    Tundra Research Paper

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    I will be doing this research paper on the Tundra Biome. Tundra is the coldest of all the biomes. Tundra comes from the Finnish word tunturia, meaning treeless plain. It is noted for its frost-molded landscapes, extremely low temperatures, little precipitation, poor nutrients, and short growing seasons. There are a few special characteristics that this biome includes, which is, extremely cold climate, low biotic diversity, simple vegetation structure, limitation of drainage, short season of…

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    Forensic science, known as forensics, is the application of science to law by analyzing DNA for legal evidence. DNA profiling is the predominant application and forensic science, DNA profiling allows us to take more than one sample of an unknown DNA specimen and determine if it has the same genetic match. Moreover, DNA profiling is to help determine and solve crime scenes such as murders, assaults, and rapes. The technique used for analyzing DNA is restriction fragment length polymorphism…

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    Arctic Tundra Have you ever wondered what Biome you live in? Maybe you live in two or three. There are so many things around us that could be an answer to that question. You might live in the Arctic Tundra Biome. The Arctic Tundra is a very different place compared to most. There is very little plant and animal life unlike other Biomes which are very populated with the living organisms. The Tundra is thought to be very cold and unlively and some people are right, but it isn’t always like that…

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    The Tundra Research Paper

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    11-30-2015 Biome Project Block A1 The Tundra The Tu The Tundra is an environment near the North Pole in the Arctic Circle. The Tundra is the coldest of all biomes. The Tundra’s winters are extremely cold with temperatures below -34 C…

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    winter temperatures are often well below freezing. The land has high levels of precipitation, humidity and contain a variety of deciduous trees. temperate deciduous forests are the second-rainiest biome. The average yearly precipitation is 30 - 60 inches (75 - 150 cm). This precipitation falls throughout the year, but in the winter it falls as snow. The average temperature in temperate…

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    The Red Fox is known for its fur color and long, bushy tail. The population of the Red Fox for pre-breeding is estimated at around 240,000 individuals. A large number of foxes are killed per unit area by gamekeepers and has increased steadily since the early 1960s in Britain, although they are wildey hunted it does not affect their population status. Some of physical Characteristics of the Red Fox is they have a coat of long guard hairs and soft fine underfur that is typically a rich reddish…

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    The tundra biome is one of the few biomes that interests me the most, and is also one of the many biomes that may be in danger. The tundra has many threats such as construction, Ozone depletion, oil spills, and air pollution. Almost 20% of the world is in a tundra area, which is housing many different animals and plant life depending on this type of biome. When construction happens, buildings and roads get created, while knocking everything down in the process.The construction causes…

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    The Tundra is the coldest biome out of all of them. The word tundra means “treeless plain”. The tundra is known for its frosty landscapes, extremely low temperatures, little precipitation, poor nutrients, and short growing seasons. The tundra is characterized into two types: arctic tundra, and alpine tundra. There are many different characteristics that make tundra such a unique biome. The extremely low climate and low biodiversity are the most known. Most of the energy and nutrients…

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    There are so many different type of organisms in this world and they all live there own separate and different lives. When learning about a certain animal or species or even a certain organism you have so many different options to learn from. For example, a turtle you can find their habitat, where they are in a food web and even their interspecific interactions with other organisms interactions with other organisms. Turtles are some of the most interesting animals in the world, they have so many…

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