Transcript grasslands jonesx

Grasslands
by: Haylee Jo, Zach Fancher, Emerald Payne
Animals
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Bison
Elephant
Deer
Dingo
Snakes
Mice
Wallaby
Plant Life
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Buffalo
Purple Cone Flowers
Needle Grass
Elephant Grass
Sunflowers
Physical Condition
~ Climate
hot summers, cold winters
~ Temperature
summers can reach a temperature of above 100
degree, winters can get below -40 degrees
~ Weather
Grassland areas receive between 10-35 inches of
rain in the summer.
Location
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North of the Tropic Of Cancer
South of the Tropic of Capricorn
Parts of Africa
South America
North America
Asia
Austrailia
Biotic and Abiotic Factors
Biotic- living things
Abiotic- nonliving things
Examples:
~ biotic: primary producers, primary/secondary
consumers
~abiotic: climate, rainfall, temperature and
natural disasters
Bison’s Adaptations
• They have strong digestive systems to extract
nutrients from fibrous vegetation
• They have hard hooves for rapid travel
because they are almost always migrating
• They have thick woolly coats for insulation
during cold nights
Purple Cone Flower’s Adaptation
• They have large root systems to absorb the
tiniest amounts of moisture in dry soil
• Their leaves have tiny hair and bumps to allow
the entry of dew and moisture
• You would probably mainly see grass and
maybe a few trees here and there
• You may hear various animals
Food Chain
Sun  needle grass  deer 
you
Cites
• Textbook
• www.suncrest.net/geography/slides/biomes/index.html
• www.ucmp.berkely.edu/glossary/gloss5/biome/glasslan.html