SSC MTS EXAM

Detailed explanation-1: -The winter lasts around 8 months and is extremely cold. In the middle of winter the sun may not rise for weeks. The tundra is frozen and often covered with snow during the winter and will reach temperatures of-60 degrees F. The summer is shorter and is marked by the other extreme of the sun not setting.

Detailed explanation-2: -In the Arctic and Antarctic tundras, the summer months are also marked by almost constant daylight from the sun, in the winter these tundras may only have a few hours of light a day. In the Alpine tundras there is not as extreme a daylight difference, but the days are very short during the winter.

Detailed explanation-3: -Alpine tundra has a more moderate climate: summers are cool, with temperatures that range from 3 to 12 °C (37 to 54 °F), and winters are moderate, with temperatures that rarely fall below –18 °C (0 °F).