Polar Ice Biome by Megan D'Avella and Teddy Raymond

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Polar Ice Biomeby Megan D'Avella and Teddy
Raymond
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Location Location Location

• Regions covered in ice almost year round
• Includes much of the Arctic and Antarctic
• Located in the North and South Poles
• High and low-altitude areas
• Pack ice and ice sheets are created when water
  freezes due to a lack of energy from the sun.

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The Circle of Life

• Consumers Polar bears, Wolves, Foxes,
  Wolverines, Lemmings, Ermines, Hare, Musk Oxen,
  Caribou, Snowy Owls, Harp Seal, and gyr Falcons
• Producers Algae, Wildflowers, Poppies, Azaleas,
  Lupine, Mosses, Grasses, Lichens, and small shrubs

Algae--gt Capelin --gt Harp Seal --gt Polar Bear
Primary
Autotroph
Secondary
Tertiary
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Natural Resources

• Fresh Water can be discovered beneath the ice.
• Fish are abundant in this region, and can be
  caught and sold for profit by fishermen.
• Nutrients

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Environmental Concerns

• Air pollution - DDT and PCB ends up there.
• Oil and Gas Development - which turns into global
  warming.
• Global Warming not only effects plant and
  animals, but native people also. Entire
  ecosystems are being wiped out due to the melting
  ice caps. Animals have to change their eating or
  migration patterns. People are uprooted from
  their homes due to flooding.

http//arcticportal.org/images/stories/oh-no-globa
l-warming.jpg
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Endangered Species

• Polar Bears depend on ice in order to catch their
  prey. Summer ice loss in the Arctic now equals
  an area the size of Alaska, Texas, and the state
  of Washington combined.-Polar Bears
  International
• Lichens are a mixture of fungi and algae living
  in a symbiotic relationship. The fungi
  photosynthesizes, creating food for the algae.
  In return, the algae gives the fungi protection

http//www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/36363
http//www.plantpath.iastate.edu/pdc/files/Image/l
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Sources

• The World Wide Biome Project
• http//www2.kpr.edu.on.ca/cdciw/biomes/antarctica/
  biotic_research.htm
• Marietta College Department of Biology and
  Environmental Science's Biomes of the World
• http//www.marietta.edu/biol/biomes/ice.htm
• Biomes of the World
• http//rrms-biomes.tripod.com/id1.html
• The Wild Classroom
• http//www.thewildclassroom.com/biomes/icecaps.htm
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• Scribd
• http//www.scribd.com/doc/21389160/The-Polar-Ice-B
  iome
• Polar Bears International
• http//www.polarbearsinternational.org/polar-bears
  /bear-essentials-polar-style/conservation/current-
  status
• Natural Resources Defense Council
• http//www.nrdc.org/globalwarming/qthinice.asp