Prairie Grassland

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Prairie Grassland
Addison
Lucas
Cameron
Mrs.Studebakers science class
2005-2006
Prairie Grasslands
• Have you ever heard
of a biome? A biome
is a large enviroment.
One biome our group
Found interesting is
the prairie grasslands.
A lot of plants and
animals live there.
Prairie Grasslands
•
The praire has an abundance of
plants because of it’s climate.
Here are some examples of those
plants, the blazing star. Tons of
these flowers bloom because a lot
of butterflies are attracted to this
plant.
Prairie Grassland
• . Two unusual plants
are the praire grass, it
can live through
fire.The other plant is
the flea bane, which
produces an oily
smoke that repels
insects.
Prairie Grasslands
• Another plant is the
stinging needle plant.
It makes sure animals
don’t mess with it
because of it’s painful
sting.
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• The last plant is the
bluestem grass.
Animals can’t get to
the flower of this plant
because it is so tall.
Prairie Grasslands
• There’s a multitude of
animals living in the
prairie grasslands.One
is the ground
squirrel.There’s seeds
and grasses in the
grasslands for the
ground squirrel to eat.
Prairie Grasslands
• Elk live there because
there is not a lot of
predators there.You
can find coyotes there
to.They live in bushy
plants and bushes.
Prairie Grasslands
• Bison are found a lot
of places in this
biome. They are found
in open areas.Prairie
dogs are found here
to. They burrow
underground to escape
from predators.
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• Bobcats are found
here but rarely.It has
sharp teeth to rip open
animals flesh.
Badgers are also found
here.A badger has
strong arms to build
dams. With all these
unique animals you
can see Grasslands are
full of life.
Prairie Grassland
• The climate of a
prairie biome is very
unique. The prairie is
humid and warm most
of the year. There is
only 10-30 inches of
rain with 4-5inches a
month.
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• The average temp is
30-40F. The Prairie
biome is found on all
the continets except
Antarctica Prairies
also cover about 20%
of the world. Prairies
also cover about 20%
of the world.
Prairie Grasslands
• Now that we’ve told
you so much about the
grasslands maybe
you’ll visit the
grasslands near
you.Then you can
teach the world about
it also.