Grassland
4-Hood
Grassland
What is landscape like in your biome? Its scattered with individual trees.the soil is dry and thick its also poruse. Its a thick layer of humus. Its a both of dry and rainy. in oct thir are some sieries of thunderstorms.There are two seasons in the grasslands. The growing season and the dormant season are the two seasons. plants do not grow during the dormant season beacause the climate is too cold. What makes the grassland unique? Since so much of the grassland biome has been utilized for farmland, the United States has made efforts to restore the grassland by planting grasses in areas previously used for farming.Since grassland biomes have rich soil, much of them are used for farming. There is only 2% of the original grassland left in North America. The animal diversity is dependent upon the location of the biome. About one quarter of the earth is covered with the grasslands. This boime can be found anywhere except Antartica. Trees have a hard time surviving in most grassland because the soil is to fine and dry. Grassland boimes are divided into two parts the Savannas and Temperate Grasslands. What makes your boime special?Grassland biomes are normally situated between a forest and a desert. In fact, grasslands surround every desert in Asia.Tropical and temperate are the two kinds of grasslands. Tropical grasslands experience warm weather all year long while temperate grasslands are warm part of the year and very cold during the other part.Grasslands are perfect for cropping and pasturing because its soil runs deep and is extremely fertile.Large animals called bison previously ruled the grassland biome and roamed by the millions. During the 1800s, settlers begin to slaughter them for various reasons.Animals that you can expect to find in a grassland biome are zebras, lions, wolves, prairie dogs, and foxes. The animal diversity is dependent upon the location of the biome.
Climate
You can find grasslands anywhere except for Antartica. Prairies are grasslands in more humid climates. Grasslands are dry in the winter because the soil is dry. Grasslands are rainy in the summer the tempature in the summer is 100*F. Pairies receive 20-35 inchs of rain a year. Savannahs receive 20-50 inchs of rain a year. Rain threatens the grassland because there is not enough for the plants to grow. When there is a fire it kills the trees but not the grass.When it rains the grass grows tall. When there is a fire the grass goes down. In the grassland it is hot and dry for more than half the year. To protect the grassland the people need to grow more trees so animals will have somewhere to hide when their predator is hunting them down. Start recycling more so baby animals do not eat glass and get it stuck in their lunges.
Animals
Cheetahs are scavengers the eat the meat from animals they did not kill.The people that live in the Grasslands hunt the Cheetahs for thier butiful fur. Elks have very big horns and sometimes rome around peoples backyards.Elks are mostly found in Georgia. The animals survive by blinding and they have sharp teeth and horns.Thease are some of the animals that live in the grasslands...deer,elk,zebras ,kangaroos, white rinoceros, mountain lions and red wolfs. Cheetahs adap by blinding in. Mountain lions adapt by with standing the harsh condicons. Red wolfs adapt by trying to have cayote babys so they can survive and they are also small. Red wolfs can be dark yellow, black and redish fur. The people that live thier kill the animals for thier fur. People go into thier habitat to kill them for food. People also kill them for safthey so they wont bite them. The people can make make laws in the Grasslands. They can make a zoo for the animals so they can visit them.
Plants
Global warming is the most threatening
thing to the grasslands.Sun flower seeds
show high tolerance for cold.Black eyed
Susan's push other plants out of there
area.The flower called saxifrage comes
from the Latin word foritis saxum.
Sun flowers drop about thirty or 20
seeds.Sun flowers grow up to one and
a half feet and higher.Black eyed Susan's
live up to forty years and higher.Black eyed
Susan's have black and brown centers and grow up to
three feet.
Grasslands Biome H
Citations
Shelagh, Janine. Endangerd Grassland Animals. New York: Crabtree,1992
Kalman,Bobbie. What are Foodchains and Webs? Canda: Crabtree, 2005
Johnson,Rebeccal. A Walk in the Praire. Minneascota: Lerner,2001