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Fields, prairies, barran landscapes. these are all long terrains known as Grasslands.
Expeditionary guide questions on plants:
How many species of plants live in your Biome? If you can’t find a number, come up with some interesting species.
Well we couldn't find a number but we did figure out that 50 percent of the plants in the grasslands is grass. No duh!
What is the major type of tree species in your biome? (Coniferous, deciduous etc.) Name a few of the most popular species.
Grass, grassy plants, not many trees but probably deciduous. Grass, Grass and more Grass!
How have plants adapted to thrive in your biome?
the plants adapted to thrive by
Are there any poisonous plants?
The poisonous plant is a dogbone that is from New England to florida
Find an unusual plant from your biome and describe what makes it unique.
You will need to find at least four pictures of plants from your biome. Do some research on them and find pictures.
Expeditionary guide questions on animals:
What are some predatory animal species?
Name some adaptations that animals have that make them good predators?
Name some animals of prey.
What is the largest animal?
What is the most colorful animal?
Name the most interesting animal you found in your biome and relate some facts about it.
You will need to find some pictures of your animal to add to your PowerPoint so start locating some.
Expeditionary guide questions on precipitation:
What is the annual precipitation?
Does the rain differ greatly between different seasons?
Is your biome a target of tornadoes, hurricanes, windstorms or any other severe weather?
Think about what you would wear in this climate.
Expeditionary guide questions on temperature:
What is the annual temperature?
What is the temperature difference between day and night?
It goes to 40-70 degees
How does temperature affect how the plants and animals survive? (Name a few adaptations)
Expeditionary guide questions on other important or interesting information to provide for the expedition:
For this part of the expedition, come up with some interesting things about your biome. This is where you get to sell people on joining you on a trip into your biome.
Come up with some interesting facts and things that make your biome interesting and appealing.
Explain what life is really like in your biome if you were going to live there.
4. You need to come up with a list of clothing for the people on this expedition. Knowing what you know about the climate, come up with clothing suggestions.
(You will need to contact the other members of your group to answer this question.)
Grasses: Such as, Prairie Clover, Salvia, oats, wheat, barley, and cone flowers.
Purple Prarie Clover Petalostemum purpureum
The mean of the planting sucess is 60%. This beautiful flower's height is 1 to 3 feet tall! The germination is 14 to 30 days. It blooms from May for September. It is a perennial plant. A fun fact is that 1/4 of earths habitat is grassland.
The cone flower (shown on the left) is also known as Echinacea purpurea. It's height can be about 3.5 feet. Fun Fact: You can only keep them in a vase for 5 to 7 days!
Dogbane is a kind of grassland plant that is not named Dogbane for nothing. It is toxic to dogs and other animals when they eat it.
When you break the stem it has a white fluid inside of it. They have smaller leaves then the milkweed, which they are mostly confused with. New England to Florida these plants sure do get around.
Black oatgrass is an endangered plant, that can grow to about 3 feet high. The leaves are very thin and kind of look like wheat. Their awns are thin and twisted, giving them a very distinctive quality. They usually grow in the South of Pennsylvania.
This 4 foot beauty called Queen Anne’s lace is annual which means it grows every year. It has a large flat top that is white. It is not endangered, not invasive, not edible, and NOT medical. It is a pretty boring flower.
Precipitation:
Rainfall per Year: 10 to 30 in.
Temperture: -40 to 70 degrees is the range.
Fun Facts:
It is on the verge if either being a forest or a desert. If it had a little more rain, it would be lush enough to be a forest. If a grassland has a little bit less rain, it would become a desert.
There are three types of grassland. They are tall, short and mixed grasslands.
Wolf
Wolves are known for their frightening howling. That's how they communicate. They howl to show their pack where they are. Wolves are the largest in the dog species. Mostly when you think of a wolf, you would think the big bad wolf or the wolf who ate little red riding hood's grandmother, but the fact is, they rarely attack humans.
Jaguar
Largest cat in South America. Third largest cat in the world. Texas and Arizona is where you may find this over sized house cat. Most Jaguars are found in Amazosn rivers.
The rhino have a sort of attack first and ask question later attitude. biologists think that the rhinos quick to charge attitude is due to their poor vision. They quicky attack any perceptionis through smell.
Comments (3)
wikiuser0040 said
at 10:39 am on May 16, 2011
http://www.whiteflowerfarm.com/coneflowers-purple-orange-yellow-coneflowers.shtml
wikiuser0040 said
at 10:18 am on May 19, 2011
look at the baby rhino!!!!!!!!!! ant' it cute?
wikiuser0040 said
at 10:12 am on May 20, 2011
http://www.ehow.com/about_5576978_grassland-biome-adaptations.html
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