GRASSLAND

BY:DIYA

World map of grassland

Grassland • Grasslands are large areas

with hills of grass and wildflowers.

Sometimes grasslands are called prairies, savannahs, or steppes.

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Climate

• In the summer it is about 30c• In the winter it can go to 0c• Average yearly rainfall is about 10 – 30 inches.

Animals• Here are some of the animals that

live in grassland areas.

• prairie dogs• black rhinoceros• Cheetah- running • Elephants- roam in huge• Zebras

A biotic factors

•Rain fall

•Sunlight

• soil

PRAIRIE DOGSThere are five different species of prairie dogs: black-

tailed, white-tailed, Gunnison, Utah, and Mexican prairie dogs.

They grow between 30 – 40 centimeters in height .

They are tiny creatures, so they can hide easily from predators.

They have claws to dig their homes

BLACK RIHNOCEROS• An adult rhinoceros grows 140 – 170 cm in

height.• Usually rhinoceros weighs up to 800 to

1,400 kg .• Leafy plants, branches, shoots, thorny wood

bushes, and fruit.

CHEETAH• Cheetahs can run between 112 to 120 km/h.

• They can accelerate from 0 to 103 km/h in about 3 seconds.

• This is also one of their adaptations with this power they can protect themselves.

• Cheetah feed on antoplope and buffalo

ELEPHANT• A elephant weighs about 12,000 kg• The hard skin helps it prevent arrows and

knifes.• leaves, bamboo, bark, roots, twigs, and

small amounts of fruits, seeds, and flowers• Elephants protect themselves with their

trunks.

ZEBRAS Zebras eat dry grass. Zebras have special teeth to chew tough

grass. Thin fur keeps them coolTheir great stamina helps them outpace

predators

Plants• Here are some grass and wildflowers the

grow in grassland.

• Purple needlegrass • Sunflower • Wild oats• Indigos• Goldenrods

RYEGRASSryegrass can extend growing into the warm

seasons .

Ryegrass can get killed or damaged in cold winter seasons.

SUNFLOWERS• Sunflowers come in all sorts of colors.

• They need a lot of sun that is why they call it a sunflower, they need water, oxygen, rich soil.

• thorns around stem and leaves for protection.

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WILD OATS• Wild oats are sometimes cut for hay, and

young plants provide forage for grazing animals.

• The oat that grows in the plant is edible by humans and other animals.

Human activities• Humans destroy grassland by driving

vehicles on them, which destroys the plants and killes animals.

• Humans set fire to the ground which destroys plants and kills innocent animals .

THANK YOU FOR LISTENING

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