Name__________________________________ Teacher_____________ Feedback comments _______________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ Climatic Regions General HW3 – Tundra 1. Look at the world map below. Describe the location of the world’s tundra regions. (Hint: your answer should refer to a specific lines of latitude/continents) ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ ES /3 KU / ES / Tundra

2. Look at the four climate graphs below. Which one is the correct graph for the tundra regions of the world? You must give two reasons for your answer. Graph_________because ____________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ KU /3

3b) Describe, in detail, the climate shown in the graph. ________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ES /4 3a) Complete the climate graph below using the information in the table KU /4 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec Temp Precip Temp. Precip.

4 ) Describe the advantage and disadvantages that the tundra climate offers the people there (Hint: Use the pictures below to help). ________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ KU /4

5a ) Describe what permafrost is. ________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ KU /2 5b ) Explain the problems permafrost can cause and suggest ways to overcome these problems. ________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ KU /4