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1 Evan Bell Dawson Wagner

2  Large, rolling terrains of flowers, grasses, and herbs

3  50.8 to 88.9 cm per year  Rainfall is important in determining which grassland area it is  Late spring and early summer

4  Located between high latitudes and subtropical latitudes

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6  Prairie trees have thick bark to resist from fire  Prairie shrubs grow right after a fire  Plants take advantage of the wind and are wind pollinated

7  Also know as Turkey Feet because the shape of the seed head looks like turkey feet or Beard Grass  Blooms from June through September  Grow to 3-10 ft.  Food for American bison

8  Produces red and yellow blossoms in the spring  Has a white poisonous sap which is where it gets its name from  Attracts bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds

9  Blooms from April through June  Looks like a daisy  About 100 ray-like petals being either pink or white  Grow in clusters

10  Known as season grass starting to grow in May  Has yellow seed heads that have white hairs  Long, flat, narrow leaves

11  Pale slivery colored flowers  1-2 ft.  Grows in the summer  Eaten by grazing livestock and wild animals

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13  Eats leaves, twigs, fruit of the trees  Can close its nostrils to keep out dust and sand  4-6 meters tall

14  Eats grass, leaves, twigs, and fruit  Eats great quantities to compensate for their low absorption of nutrients  2.5-4 meters tall

15  Eats short grass  Keen sense of hearing, stripes make it difficult for a predator to pick out one zebra from another  1.2-1.6 meters tall

16  Eats low vegetation and grass  Better hearing and smell allowing them to notice any predators sneaking up on them  60-90 cm tall

17  Eats leafy plants, reeds, and fruit  Has a pointy lip to grasp twigs of woody plants  1.4-1.8 meters tall

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19  Eats zebra, antelope, and giraffe  Open it’s mouth wide to kill with one bite  1meter tall

20  Eats small antelope  Claws help maintain grip when sprinting and like baseball cleats  75-90 cm tall

21  Eats birds, monkeys, jackal, and antelope  Spotted fur provides camouflage to hide in trees  1 meter tall

22  Eats antelope, zebra, cheetah cub, and wildebeest  Hunt mostly at night in packs  1.4 meters tall

23  Eats rat, bird, antelope, and warthog  When one hunting pack is tired the other one takes over  60-76 cm tall

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26  Cheetah and Antelope  Lion and Zebra

27  Ticks on a lion  The ticks could possibly kill the lion if it carries a disease but it usually doesn't

28  Plants compete to get sunlight, water, nutrients, and space  Roots of the plants are the big competitors

29  A bird will eat ticks off of Buffalo  The buffalo will benefit in getting the ticks off of it  The bird will benefit in getting a tasty meal

30 Great soil comes from the grassland. Beautiful plants grow. Tasty food from the animals that live in a grassland. Basically any plant can be grown

31 Farmers not rotating crops causing the soil not letting things grow there for about 3 years. Development for urban areas destroying the grassland. Over killing of the amazing animals that live in the grassland.


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