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2 How the World Works Central Idea: The climate of a region determines its plant life. Survivor!

3 Who Am I? By Adrian and Jake http://www.kbs.ku.edu/people/staff_www/billings/Pix/grassland-large.gif

4 I am in North America. I have big open spaces. What biome do I live in? Grasslands Deserts http://www.reflectiveimages.co m/BrokenKettleGrasslands.htm http://www.kbears.com/climates/printdesert.html

5 Right! I have trees by the river. I don’t have many bushes.

6 Wrong!!! I have lots and lots of grass. Listen to the sound:

7 I am tall and skinny to… save lots of water.get less sunlight.

8 Right answer My leaves are hairy to save water. My roots go deep underground to get water.

9 Sorry! I am tall so the wind doesn’t blow me over.

10 Guess Plant?? I need lots of water. I need lots of sunlight. My name is Big B_ _ _ _ _ _ m. My growing points are underground so, if I get trampled by an animal, I grow back up.

11 Big Blue Stem My name is Big Blue Stem even though I look red. Picture from: http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.uky.edu/Ag/Fore stry/TBarnes/Assets/images/big%2520bluestem%2520in%2520fall %2520color.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.uky.edu/Ag/Forestry/TBarn es/Web%2520pages/how_to_NWSG.htm&h=423&w=280&sz=100& hl=en&start=14&um=1&tbnid=Bbu7FUuWMZ_FpM:&tbnh=126&tbn w=83&prev=


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