grasslands

Grasslands

By:Ashlyn.Casper,keysha.Whitley

Grassland animals/plants

animals/plants

.There is 1,000 different kinds of grass.
.where they grow at depends on the amount of rain.

.There is more than 1,000 different animals
.There are varietys of animals in a grassland

Weather in grasslands.

.Grasslands can be around 40-100 degrees.
.Grasslands can have about 10 to 15 precipitation.
.There is about 20 to 30 inches of rainfall in grasslands.

Location

.Grasslands are located between forests and desserts.
.Grasslands are located near central north america.
.Also along the asia potion.

Fun Facts ● Forbs are plants that grow in the
grasslands that aren't grasses.
They are leafy and soft-stemmed
plants such as sunflowers.

● Prairie dogs are rodents that live in
burrows under the prairies. They
live in large groups called towns
that can sometimes cover
hundreds of acres of land.

● It is thought that there were over a
billion prairie dogs on the Great
Plains at one point.

● Other grassland animals need the
prairie dog to survive, but the
population is declining.

● Only around 2% of the original
prairies of North America still exist.
Much of it has been turned into
farmland.

● Fires on grasslands can move as
fast as 600 feet per minute.

Quiz

1) What type of plants rarely grow in the grasslands? 1.c,2.b

Sagebrush
Wildflowers
Tall trees
Clover

2) Grasslands are generally located between what two biomes?
Tropical rainforest and temperate rainforests
Deserts and forests
Taiga and forests
Tundra and Taiga

Quiz

3) Which type of grasslands covers much of southern Russia?
Prairie
Steppes
Pampas
Savanna

3.b

Credits

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