Transcript tundra and grasslands by richonja

BY: Richonja Blanchard
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There is no water available during most
of the year
The soil is frozen
The average temperature is 10 to 20
degrees
The polar bear
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Class-mammal
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Diet –fish, birds,
berries, leaves
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Habitat-coast , ice
floes, tundra
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They have thick fur so
they can live in they
cold areas
The snowy owl
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Diet small mammals
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They have white fur
so they can blend in
with they snow and
not get eating by
predators
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Dark red leaves
This plants dark red
leaves allow it to
absorb heat from the
sun so it can grow.
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Cotton grass
Cotton grass is seeds
that get blown all
around tundra when
the wind hits.
Second biome
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They receive about 10 to 30 inches of rain per
year
If they'd received less they'd become a desert
Most of the worlds food comes from grasslands
Antarctica is the only continent the doesn't
grow grasslands
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Lions
Class- mammals
Diet-large mammals,
small mammals, birds
Habitat-open savanna
Order-carnivores
Lions adapt by having
things to eat
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Warthog
Class- mammals
Diet-Grass
Habitat-savanna,
treeless plains
Family-pigs
Warthogs adapt by
having a lot of grass
to eat
INDIAN GRASS
BLUESTEM
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Indian grass grows in
moist soil
There are small white
hairs on Indian grass
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Tall grass that grows in
dry and sandy soil
It is also called turkey
feet
It can grow 3 to 10 feet
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http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/big_bluest
em_grass.htm
http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/indian_gr
ass.htm
http://www.mbgnet.net/
http://www.africapic.com/pictures_of_lions.h
tml
http://www.hickerphoto.com/polar-bearpictures-photos.htm