Prairie Grassland

Addison

Lucas

Cameron

Mrs.Studebakers science class

2005-2006

Prairie Grasslands

• Have you ever heard of a biome? A biome is a large enviroment. One biome our group Found interesting is the prairie grasslands. A lot of plants and animals live there.

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• The praire has an abundance of plants because of it’s climate. Here are some examples of those plants, the blazing star. Tons of these flowers bloom because a lot of butterflies are attracted to

this plant.

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• . Two unusual plants are the praire grass, it can live through fire.The other plant is the flea bane, which produces an oily smoke that repels insects.

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• Another plant is the stinging needle plant. It makes sure animals don’t mess with it because of it’s painful sting.

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• The last plant is the bluestem grass. Animals can’t get to the flower of this plant because it is so tall.

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• There’s a multitude of animals living in the prairie grasslands.One is the ground squirrel.There’s seeds and grasses in the grasslands for the ground squirrel to eat.

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• Elk live there because there is not a lot of predators there.You can find coyotes there to.They live in bushy plants and bushes.

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• Bison are found a lot of places in this biome. They are found in open areas.Prairie dogs are found here to. They burrow underground to escape from predators.

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• Bobcats are found here but rarely.It has sharp teeth to rip open animals flesh. Badgers are also found here.A badger has strong arms to build dams. With all these unique animals you can see Grasslands are full of life.

Prairie Grassland

• The climate of a prairie biome is very unique. The prairie is humid and warm most of the year. There is only 10-30 inches of rain with 4-5inches a month.

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• The average temp is 30-40F. The Prairie biome is found on all the continets except Antarctica Prairies also cover about 20% of the world. Prairies also cover about 20% of the world.

Prairie Grasslands

• Now that we’ve told you so much about the grasslands maybe you’ll visit the grasslands near you.Then you can teach the world about it also.