Key learning points

1. The tundra is a treeless landscape found at high latitudes.
2. In the winter the tundra is frozen and dark and experiences 24 hours of darkness.
3. Some of the ground in the tundra is permafrost, this is ground which is permanently frozen.
4. Animals such as the Arctic fox and the polar bear can be found in the tundra.

Keywords

• Tundra - a vast, flat, treeless region; a large-scale, global ecosystem

• Permafrost - any ground that remains completely frozen

• Adaptation - a process of change over time; a feature of a living thing that enables it to exist in a particular environment

Common misconception