G RASSLANDS

L OCATION North Dakota South Dakota Nebraska Kansas Iowa

C LIMATE Precipitation Winter 10in. Summer 0in. Temperature Winter 70 degrees Summer 80 degrees

P LANTS Grass- short, mixed, tall Trees Wildflowers

A NIMALS Lions Prairie dogs Cheetahs Zebras Hippos Giraffe Buffalo

D ECOMPOSERS Fungi Bacteria Lichen

F OOD C HAIN Sun Grass Gazelles Cheetah

N ATURAL C HANGE Floods Floods can kill animals and destroy shelter of many animals and plants.

H UMAN E FFECT Fires One human effect is when fire is often started by human activities. It kills many plants and without plants the animals die too.

A DAPTATIONS Animal Elephants tear baobab tree trunks that stores water and allows the elephant to get the water that other animals can’t get. Plants Baobab trees grow little leaves in the wet season to limit water loss.

E NDANGERED A NIMALS Black Rhino Black rhinos are endangered in grasslands. The population is 3,100 black rhinos left in our world.

F ACTS Grasslands have some of the darkest, richest soils in the world. Some grasslands get 10 inches of rain others get 50 inches of rain. Grassland in South America are called pampas. Some grasses grow 6 to 9 feet tall. Grasslands a quarter of the world.

Q UIZ Name three animals that you can find in grasslands? Name three types of plants?