Tundra

10/10/2020 8:03:00 PM
View of Tundra on Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Image: Eastimages / Moment / Getty Images


Do you know?

  • Tundras cover about 20 percent of Earth's land.
  • There are two types of tundras, alpine and arctic.

Let's learn more about it in the following passage!

FACT: The Inuit people of Alaska live on the tundra.

View of Tundra on Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Image: Eastimages / Moment / Getty Images

Listen and choose the correct answer to each of the following questions.

  • What is the summer in the tundra like?
  • Why can animals like reindeer, polar bears, and musk oxen live in the tundra?
Summer in the tundra is _____.
  • hot and dry
  • two months long
  • very busy

Why can animals like reindeer, polar bears, and musk oxen live in the tundra?

  • They live in big caves.
  • They all migrate south.
  • They have very thick fur.

Complete the text you are listening to by dragging the correct word to each blank.

Do you think the desert is the only place that has very little rain? The doesn’t get much rain either. It is different from the desert, though. The tundra is almost always frozen! The tundra is one of the coldest habitats on the earth. Summer only lasts for two months. During this time, the ground , or melts, a little. It is never very warm, though. During the winter, there are times when the sun doesn’t shine at all.

Only a few plants are able to stay alive in this habitat. When the icy winds blow, they are only safe because they grow close to the ground. Animals such as reindeer, polar bears, and musk oxen are the only ones that can stay alive in this cold weather. They have very thick fur that keeps them warm. Some of these animals hibernate in the winter while others south.

The plants and animals of the tundra have adapted to this environment.

Read and answer the following questions.

Reindeer - common animal found in the tundra. Image: home-school.lovetoknow.com

Do you think the desert is the only place that has very little rain? The tundra doesn’t get much rain either. It is different from the desert, though. The tundra is almost always frozen! The tundra is one of the coldest habitats on the earth. Summer only lasts for two months. During this time, the ground thaws, or melts, a little. It is never very warm, though. During the winter, there are times when the sun doesn’t shine at all.

Only a few plants are able to stay alive in this habitat. When the icy winds blow, they are only safe because they grow close to the ground. Animals such as reindeer, polar bears, and musk oxen are the only ones that can stay alive in this cold weather. They have very thick fur that keeps them warm. Some of these animals hibernate in the winter while others migrate south.

The plants and animals of the tundra have adapted to this harsh environment.

Source: Daily Warm-ups Reading Grade 3

How are the tundra and a desert similar?
  • They are not similar at all.
  • They both have lots of different types of plants.
  • They have the same types of plants and animals.
  • They both get very little rain.
A person who plans to visit the tundra should probably wear _____.
  • shorts and sunglasses
  • a light jacket and a baseball cap
  • a heavy jacket, warm hat, and gloves
  • skis and ugg boots
If you were to visit the tundra, you might expect to see _____.
  • parks, benches, and swing sets
  • flowers, trees, and large bushes
  • low-lying plants and a few animals
  • birds, cats, and dogs

Put the right word in· each blank. The sentences are from the text.

  1. The doesn’t get much rain either.
  2. Some of these animals hibernate in the winter while others south.
  3. Summer only lasts for two months. During this time, the ground , or melts, a little.
  4. The plants and animals of the tundra have adapted to this environment.

Put the right word in each blank. These are new sentences for the words in the text.

  1. Swallows south in winter.
  2. Few plants grow in regions.
  3. It's starting to at this time of the year.
  4. Many of the prisoners died during the winter of 1683.