Transcript Island of awesomeness

Location
The savanna is a tropical grassland in
Africa between latitude 15* North and 30*
South in longitude it is 15* West and 40*
West.
FLORA (PLANTS)
• Common Name: Jackal berry tree
• Genus Species: Diospyros
mespiliformis
• Adaptions: The tree is most
commonly found on savannas or
savanna. Woodlands where it can
be found growing on termite
mounds.
• Common Name: Whistling thorn
• Genus Species: Acacia
Dreparalobium
• Adaptions: When the wind blows it
turns old and abandoned spines
into tiny whistling flutes which gives
the tree it’s name.
FAUNA (ANIMALS)
• Common Name: Black Mamba
• Genus Species: Dendroaspis
Polylepis
• Adaptions: It gets it’s name from
the color of lining of it’s mouth
which is purple-black and which
it displays when threatened.
• Common Name: African hunting
dog
• Genus Species: Lycaon Pictus
• Adaptions: During the migrations
the African hunting dog
survives/eats on rodents and
bugs.
ABIOTIC FACTORS (NON-LIVING THINGS)
• Fire is the most important Abiotic
Factor to the savanna. Without
the constant fires a tropical
savanna could turn into a
tropical forest.
• Another abiotic factor is soil. Soil
is real important to plants and
the animals that eat the plants.
CLIMATE
• The savanna has a wet/dry climate.
• It is usually cold during the dry season, which is winter.
• The savanna climate has a temperature range of 68° to 86° F.
• In the winter, it is usually about 68° to 78° F.
• In the summer the temperature ranges from 78° to 86° .
• The precipitation is 10 to 30 inches of rain.
FOOD CHAIN
CONSERVATION
Endangered
Species/Issue
Cause/Effect
What Is being done to
help African
savanna?
Some endangered species in the
African savanna is the cheetah. In
1900 there were over 100,000
cheetahs. Now there are 9,000 to
12,000 cheetahs.
The cause of animals becoming
endangered is because humans are
hunting them and humans are
putting dangerous chemicals in the
air.
People are protecting the savanna
by volunteering restoring projects.
Another endangered species in the
African savanna is the wild dog. In
the 1920’s there were about 20,000
wild dogs. Now there are about 5,000
wild dogs.
The effect is that animals are dying
out which makes animals in the
African savanna close to extinction.
People protect he African savanna
by respecting ad conserving
grasslands for animals to live.
A major issue in the African savanna is
pollution, most of the time the air is
polluted with exhaust fumes and
smoke. This caused animals to
become endangered an extinct.
People are protecting the animals
from being hunted and harmed.
WEBSITE’S I USED
• http://www.fao.org/WAICENT/FAOINFO/SUSTDEV/EIdirect/climate/EIsp0066.h
tm
• http://www.uwsp.edu/acaddept/geog/faculty/ritter/geog101/climates_trop
ical_wetdry.html
• http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/savanna_climate_page.htm
• http://www.planetpatrol.info/savannah.html