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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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its 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?

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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?

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