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The soil is permafrost (permanently frozen layer of ground) in the arctic. During the brief summers it thaws out just enough for plants and microorganisms to grow.
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∙ 11y agoits to cold for the plant to grow because they need water and sun.
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Do cactus plants live at the Arctic?
No
What do plants have to do to be able to live in an arctic tundra climate?
Plants that live in an arctic tundra climate need to adjust to the climate. The plants also need to have a shallow root systems.
What type of plants live in the arctic?
grass and balsam
Which herbivores that feed on plants live in the arctic?
seals
What are some animals that live in the Arctic tundra that eat both plants and animals?
the arctic fox
Where do arctic caribou live?
the caribou mostly eats plants.
Which zone is it most difficult for plants to live in?
Cold (or Arctic).
What is the different in owl and the penguin?
the difference is owls can fly and penguins cant penguins live in the Arctic and owls don'tActually that is incorrect, Snowy Owls live in arctic regions.
What plants cant live in the tundra?
oak trees
What type of plants live in the arctic tundra?
desert scrub is one of them and that is all i know because i live their
How does the arctic meet the survival needs of its flora and fauna?
The concept of this question is backwards. The question implies that somehow the arctic ecosystem has designed itself to meet the needs of the plants and animals that live there. The arctic (or any other ecosystem) does not and cannot do this. The question is (or should be) "How have the plants and animals that live in the arctic adapted to survive in under those conditions?"
Animals and plants that live in Antarctica?
Penguins Seals and Fish. Some thing polar bears live there but they do not live in Antarctica, they live in the arctic.
