The Eco-Trust Society's Trivia Tuesday 26th January,2022

Create a stunning, realistic image of a tundra landscape showcasing diverse flora and fauna under a 24-hour summer sunlight, with a clear blue sky, and a few caribou in the distance.

Explore the Tundra Biome: Trivia Quiz

Welcome to the Eco-Trust Society's Trivia Tuesday! Test your knowledge about the fascinating tundra biome with our engaging quiz. From the unique adaptations of its flora and fauna to the impact of climate change, this quiz will challenge your understanding and provide insight into one of the world's most fragile ecosystems.

Join us in discovering:

The wonders of tundra wildlife
The significance of permafrost
The effects of climate change in the Arctic

18 Questions4 MinutesCreated by FrostyExplorer475

Hello Friends! Today we will be trekking through a Tundra biome!

Hello Friends! Today we will be trekking through a Tundra biome!

Because the tundra is so close to the _________, summer days are 24 hours long.

Equator

North pole

Tropic of Cancer

Tropic of Capricorn

Permafrost is:

Permanent frost

Any frozen soil

Soil that stays frozen for two or more years

What happens to plants when they freeze

The word tundra comes from a Finnish word that means __________.

Treeless plain

Barren

This place cold bad bai

Cold

How much of the earth is covered by tundra?

10%

40%

0.35%

20%

Many animals ________, or sleep during the worst part of the winter.

Migrate

Hibernate

Cry

Host barbeques

The tundra biome is the ___________ of all biomes.

Coldest

Warmest

Spiciest

Hottest

Some plants of the tundra can perform photosynthesis at lower than normal light levels.

True

False

The fur color of many mammals changes with the seasons in the tundra. Why?

The changing fur has no real purpose

The cold causes fur to change colors

Shedding one color coat for another helps them stay camouflaged in most seasons

The animals try to keep up with the newest styles

How do caribou survive the cold?

Dense fat, with thick fur that covers all external surfaces

Keeping their extremities relatively cold

Special bones in their nose that help them save water

All of the above

How do you feel about climate change

Only plants with _________ roots, such as grasses and small shrub, grow in the tundra.

Deep

Shallow

There are a variety of reasons trees don't grow in this region. First, the permafrost prevents them from taking root, then those that do manage it have shallow root systems that are not an ideal anchor to withstand the high winds. Finally, low precipitation means there is not enough water to support trees.

The soil in the Arctic is largely permafrost or soil that remains frozen year-round, leaving only a thin surface layer of thawed soil in summer for plant roots to grow in. Tundra soil is also scarce in many of the nutrients that plants need to grow.

Mosquitoes can survive in Tundras

True

False

Tundra insects have also developed adaptations for the cold; mosquitoes (Aedes nigripes), for example, have a chemical compound that acts as antifreeze, lowering the freezing temperature in their bodily fluids.

During the summer months, the Arctic tundra has the highest concentration of mosquitoes on the planet. There are so many that they swarm in the millions, which is why Alaskans jokingly refer to them as the “Alaska State bird”

Are Tundras in danger?

Yes

Also Yes

Though the tundra is remote, it is increasingly threatened as people encroach on it to build or drill for oil, for example. Perhaps the greatest danger, however, comes from climate change. Warming temperatures could disrupt the cold tundra biome and the life in it, as well as thaw its underlying permafrost, releasing greenhouse gases that would further accelerate global warming.

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