Question

How many types of tundra biomes are there?

Answer 1

Hint: One type of tundra is where the frozen ice is found and is located in the Northern hemisphere while the other type is where no trees are found, it is treeless and cold due to the presence of permafrost soil.

Complete answer:
A biome can be rich in flora and fauna when the environmental conditions, such as temperature, are maintained at a constant rate. The constant environment ensures greater diversity of species. The temperature range differs in various biomes, some have higher temperature while others have a lower temperature. On this depends the existence of flora and fauna of the region.
The tundra biome is a region in the Northern hemisphere where the trees do not grow due to the presence of lower temperature and permafrost soil. It also hinders the growth of plants due to their shorter growing seasons. It only consisted of short grasses, sedges, lichens, mosses, or small shrubs.
The tundra are mainly of three types:
1) Arctic tundra - Found in the Northern Hemisphere around the taiga belt, where the soil found is generally permafrost. It covers the area around Canada and North Russia where the population found is usually nomads. Due to the frozen soil, the growth of vegetation is quite low. It grows only a specific type of vegetation that includes short grasses, heaths, and mosses or lichens. There occur two seasons that are winter and summer season while the air is windy most of the time.
2) Antarctic tundra - Found in the Antarctica region that includes South Georgia, Kerguelen, and Sandwich Islands. The area is mostly covered by ice and the atmosphere is so cold and dry that the growth of vegetation is very rare. The vegetation that may be found in that area includes mosses, lichens, liverworts, or some aquatic species.
3) Alpine tundra - It is found at a greater altitude, due to this region the growth of trees is totally blocked. They are also known as the treeless region. The vegetation that may be found in this area are sedges, mosses, lichens, grasses, or forbes. The temperature of this area is very low thus resulting in a highly cold climate.

Note:
The eight major terrestrial biomes on the planet are tropical rainforests, savannas, subtropical deserts, chaparral, temperate grasslands, temperate forests, boreal forests, and Arctic tundra. Tropical rainforests are the richest biomes for flora and fauna due to their environment that supports a large diversity of species. They are found in areas on and around the equator.