Tundra Biome Animals Food Chain

The polar bear is the predator top in the food chain.

Tundra biome animals food chain. An omnivore eats plants and animals. Your students will love this Tundra Food Chain Mini Book. Predators hunt herbivores plant eating animals such as caribou lemmings and hares.

Arctic hares are then consumed by arctic foxes. Arctic tundra wolves then feed on the arctic foxes. Resident animals have to change what they are hunting and eating as the seasons change.

Some factors that effect population growth is the harsh environment of the tundra theres not enough food for large populations and the amount of predators. The producers in this ecosystem are lichens as well as mosses grasses and shrubs. Atop the food chain are tundra carnivores such as arctic foxes Vulpes lagopus arctic wolves Canis lupus snowy owls Bubo scandiaca and polar bears Ursus maritimus which move into the tundra during the summer when prey is plentiful and their usual hunting grounds on sea ice.

All the animals in a food chain are CONSUMERS. It shows the arctic food web activity in tundra region wher. Put your knowledge of food chains to the test - explore the interactive scene build your own food chain.

Tundra food chain pictures. They depict a complex set of relationships that is not easily simplified to a food chain. This mini book are perfect for introducing food chains.

Herbivores that eat these plants include the musk ox arctic hare and lemmings. The Arctic seal is eaten by the polar bear and eats the Atlantic salmon. The producers in this ecosystem are lichens.