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GRASSLANDS

LOCATION North Dakota South Dakota Nebraska Kansas Iowa

CLIMATE Precipitation Winter 10in. Summer 0in.

Temperature Winter 70 degrees Summer 80 degrees

PLANTS Grass- short, mixed, tall Trees Wildflowers

ANIMALS Lions Prairie dogs Cheetahs Zebras Hippos Giraffe Buffalo

DECOMPOSERS Fungi Bacteria Lichen

FOOD CHAIN Sun Grass Gazelles Cheetah

NATURAL CHANGE Floods Floods can kill animals and destroy shelter of

many animals and plants.

HUMAN EFFECT Fires One human effect is when fire is often

started by human activities . It kills many plants and without plants the animals die too.

ADAPTATIONS Animal Elephants tear baobab tree trunks that stores

water and allows the elephant to get the water that other animals can’t get.

Plants Baobab trees grow little leaves in the wet

season to limit water loss.

ENDANGERED ANIMALS Black Rhino Black rhinos are endangered in grasslands.

The population is 3,100 black rhinos left in our world.

FACTS Grasslands have some of the darkest, richest

soils in the world. Some grasslands get 10 inches of rain others

get 50 inches of rain. Grassland in South America are called

pampas. Some grasses grow 6 to 9 feet tall. Grasslands a quarter of the world.

QUIZ Name three animals that you can find in

grasslands? Name three types of plants?