Cold environments

• Alpine regions: Cold, mountainous regions with snowy conditions and warmer summers.
• Biodiversity: A large variety of animal and plant life living in the same ecosystem.
• Climate: The long term weather conditions of an area.
• Cold environment: Regions of the Earth that experience sustained below freezing temperatures.
• Environmental fragility: The concept of an ecosystem being so sensitive to change that even small changes within the environment can have large and potentially destructive impacts.
• Tundra regions: Areas at high latitudes, characterised by permafrost, low temperatures and short growing seasons.
• Interdependence: The concept of multiple things depending on each other for survival.
• Permafrost: Ground that is permanently frozen for at least two consecutive years.
• Polar regions: Areas surrounding the poles (90 °N and 90 °S).
• Soil: The upper layer of the Earth which is composed of organic matter and other materials.
• Wilderness: An area that is untouched by humans, and therefore remains unaffected by human activity.