The document discusses the key features of polar regions, tundra, and taiga biomes. It describes the polar regions as located around the North and South Poles, with freezing temperatures year-round. Tundra is found in the Arctic and has a short growing season with shrubs, mosses, and sedges. Taiga is the boreal forest found in northern regions, with coniferous trees and cold winters with snow. Common animals in these regions include polar bears, caribou, and birds that migrate seasonally.

1. Polar Region POLAR link PPt. by, Robin D. Seamon

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6. Where are the POLAR REGIONS?

7. NO PLANTS IN THE POLAR REGIONS

9. Polar Region TESTING THE SNOW video (Man vs. Wild) Building an IGLOO (Man vs. Wild)

10. TUNDRA

12. WHERE are TUNDRAS? N. American Tundra, Scandinavian Tundra, Russian Tundra (Siberia)

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19. TAIGA http://www.alaska-in-pictures.com/denali-fall-foliage-taiga-1393-pictures.htm http://www.cas.vanderbilt.edu/bioimages/ecoregions/50607.htm

21. Where is the TAIGA? N. America, Europe, Asia

23. Surviving the Rapids: Man vs. Wild

25. POLAR REGION

26. TUNDRA: Vegetation: lichens , mosses, sedges , perennial forbs , and dwarfed shrubs , (often heaths , but also birches and willows). Herbivores: musk oxen, pikas, arctic hares, caribou, lemming, Primary carnivore: arctic fox, bear Secondary carnivore: arctic wolves, snowy owls,

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