Transcript Arctic National Wildlife Reserve

Arctic National Wildlife
Reserve
By: William and Zaine and
Ben
Environment type
The environment type is a frigid winter tundra
 The average temperature is 2-12 degrees
Celsius in summer.
 Yearly precipitation (including snow) is 6-10 IN.
 In summer the snow never sets below the horizon.
 In winter the sun never rises above the horizon
 Winter temperature is -34 to -38 Degrees Celsius
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Land Information
Over 19 million acres
 7,700,000 hectares
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Abiotic Factors
Temperatures
 Permafrost
 Extreme cold shapes the land oddly.
 Permafrost turns the reserve into
floodplains from melting snow.
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Human Interactions
People are debating to drill for oil or not.
 No more trees on the arctic tundra.
 Hunting to extinction
 Exxon-Mobil oil spill
 Humans moving to key oil sites within the
territory
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Human Interactions (Cont.)
Explorer’s trucks leave permanent scars
on the landscape
 Pollution from nearby industry infects
organisms
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Organisms
Producers
Arctic sedge
Reindeer lichen
Cotton grass
Labrador tea
willow
Decomposers
Bacteria
Consumers
Primary: Snowshoe hare
Brown Lemming
Caribou
musk ox
Secondary:
Polar bear
Black flies
Snowy owls
Arctic foxes
Food web
Snowy owl Wolf Arctic fox Lynx
Brown lemming
Willow
See other food web
Snowshoe hare
Musk Ox
Cotton grass Labrador tea
Resources
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Foss web
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