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Grasslands

Grasslands . By: Courtney Lewis and Josh England . Climate. In the winter grasslands temperatures can be as low as 40 degrees. In the summer it can get up to at least 70 degrees Growing season is when plants are able to grow because there is no frost

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Grasslands

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  1. Grasslands By: Courtney Lewis and Josh England

  2. Climate In the winter grasslands temperatures can be as low as 40 degrees. In the summer it can get up to at least 70 degrees Growing season is when plants are able to grow because there is no frost Not growing season (dormant) season is when nothing can grow from the coldness

  3. GrasslandIngeniera White, Argentina Graphs

  4. In the northern hemisphere the main grasslands are the prairies of the Midwestern United States and Canada. • In Eurasia the maker grasslands are the steppes of Russia and the grasslands of the Mideast extending from Turkey to India. • Grasslands are also found in South America. Africa certainly has grasslands, but the majority of them are classified instead as savannas. Locations

  5. Biotic Factors Grasslands support 81 species per 1000 miles squared. Out of every six plants found in South Africa only one is grass.

  6. Food Web

  7. Grassland reptiles and Invertibrates • Species Common Name • Elaphe vulpine gloydiEastern Fox Snake • ThamnophisbutleriButler's Garter Snake • TenoderaaridifloraChinese Mantid (a Praying Mantis) • Mantis religiosaEuropean Mantid (a Praying Mantis) • Malanoplus femur-rubrumRed-Legged Locust • SchistocercaamericanaAmerican Bird Grasshopper • DanausplexippusMonarch (a butterfly) • PapiliopolyxenesasteriusEastern Black Swallowtail (a butterfly) • NymphalisantiopaMourning Cloak (a butterfly) Animals in the Grasslands

  8. Grassland mammals and birds • Species Common Name • SylvagusfloridanusEastern Cottontail • Vulpesvulpes Red Fox (common) • Canislatrans Coyote (common) • Microtus sp. Voles (common) • Zapushudsonii Meadow Jumping Mouse • Buteojamaicensis Red-Tailed Hawk (common) • Falcosparverius American Kestral (common) • Asioflammeus Short-Eared Owl (uncommon)

  9. Causes of grassland destruction • Wildfires • Lightning • Destruction by humans • Natural destruction Grassland destruction

  10. Crops grow well in the rich soil. • Grasslands receive about 10 to 30 inches of rain per year • If they received more rain, the grasslands would become a forest. If they received less, they would become a desert. • Trees are found only by rivers and streams. The grassland seems like an endless ocean of grass. • The wild prairie has disappeared, for the most part, from the United States. Only a few spots of wild prairie remain. Interesting Grassland facts

  11. Tourist attractions grassland tourist area is located in Zhongwei County Tengger Desert hinterland, 30 kilometers away from the city of Zhongwei County

  12. Questions 1. What are some decomposers in the grassland? 2.What are some plants found in temperate grasslands? 3.What types of animals live in a grasslands ecosystem? 4.How much of the earth’s surface is grassland? 5.What is the climate like in grassland?

  13. Work cited http://www.marietta.edu/~biol/biomes/grass.htm earthobservatory.nasa.gov/.../biograssland.php http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/grasslands.htm http://www.hamiltonnature.org/habitats/grasslands/grass_animals.htm http://www.mbgnet.net/sets/grasslnd/index.htm

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