Grasslands By: Lauren, Clark, and Jack

Location Grasslands are located in Africa, Australia, South America, and India. The largest example of the grasslands are in Africa.

Types of grasslands  There are temperate grasslands and savannas.  Savannas and temperate grasslands. In the savannas when it rains savanna bunch grasses grow in abundance. In temperate grasslands plants such as trees and flowers grow there.  Temperate grasslands are in Asia and Australia, while savannas are in Africa and South America.

Climate  There are two seasons in the grasslands.  The wet season is the only time it rains all year. In the dry season no rain falls at all.

Climate  The average temperature in the dry season can be over 100 degrees fahrenheit. The average temperature in the wet season can get as cold as -40 degrees fahrenheit. Wow! Hot but cold.  The average rainfall is inches per year. Snow in the grasslands serve as a reservoir for moisture in the ground.

Producers  There are cottonwoods, oaks, sunflowers, clovers, wild indigos, and forbs.  There is a colossus amount of producers.

Sunflowers

Clovers

Cottonwood

forbs

Wild indigos

Consumers  There are many different species of consumers in the grasslands.

1st level consumers There are beetles that eat any type of plant. There are jackrabbits that eat forbs. Then the last one is deer that eat nuts.

Deer

Beetles

Jackrabbits

2nd level consumers There are snakes that eat mice. There are hedgehogs that eat bugs. There are lizards that eat bugs.

Snakes

Hedgehogs

Lizards

3rd level consumers There are lions that eat antelope. There are hawks that eat snakes. There are tigers that eat deer.

Lions

Hawks

Tigers

What kinds of decomposers live in the grasslands? SnailsWorms

snails

Worms

Biome destruction  Humans are affecting the grasslands because more civilizations are being built and poachers are creating fires to clear away grass to hunt animals. Livestock are overgrazing and plowing are the two most threatening things for the grasslands.

Conservation People are trying to convince other people to save the grasslands because they are so beautiful. People are trying to convince other people to save the grasslands because they are so beautiful.

Quiz questions

Name a decomposer in the grasslands.  A snails  B lions  C frogs  D mice

Name a producer in the grasslands.  A worms  B tigers  C clover  D deer

What continent are there no grasslands?  A North America  B Antarctica  C South America  D Africa

What is the average temperature?  A Cold  B Warm  C Cool  D Hot

What is the average rainfall?  A 20-5O in.  B cm.  C mm.  D G.

Name a type of grassland.  A savannas  B rainforests  C temperates  D marines

Did chu know? Did chu know? Grasslands are considered the transitional biome. This means they are commonly found between deserts and forests.

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