Characteristics
In the tundra there are two parts to it. On the top it is called the alpine tundra where very few plants grow up there because the poor nutrients.On the bottom of the tundra it is called the arctic tundra. It has more nutrients then the alpine tundra but still does not have any where close as what we do. A lot more precipitation happens in the alpine tundra than in the arctic tundra. These are the different ways they are different.
In the arctic tundra there is very low precipitation only about 15 to 25 cm annually.This includes rain and ice/snow. There is more rain in the alpine tundra than in the arctic tundra. This poor precipitation makes short growing seasons for the plants. This also causes barely any plant growing.Plant growing in the tundra can be really hard.
In the tundra there are only two seasons. These two seasons are summer and fall. In the deciduous forest there are four seasons and is the only one that has four seasons. The climate change is what you depend on for your seasons. In the summer it is not like here. There summer is still below freezing in the summer. Imagine if a winter blast came threw in the winter and knocked the temperature below freezing that would be summer there. In the winter there is no sunlight so animals store up on food and hibernate for the long winter. The tundra has two seasons that are really cold and cold.