Block+4+Grassland


 * the grasslands of the world**



FUN FACTS TO KNOW did you know that one quarter of the planet is covered by grasslands and there are different types of grasslands in north America the most variety of grasslands and there are a lot of flowers like thorn trees, sun flowers ,golden rods, cone flowers, purple needle grass, blue grama, buffalo grass, galleta, asters, blazing stars, clovers, psoraleas, wild indigo.

CLIMATE //it can reach a 38 c ( 100 degrees Fahrenheit// ) while in winter int can reach as low as - 40 c ( - 40 degrees Fahrenheit ) precipitation in the grass lands in the south is high but in the north it is low!?

the food web of grasslands the eagle eats the grass hopper and the grass, the cheetah eats the eagle and the cow, and the cow eats the grass.

Animals of a grassland


 * the animals in a grassland all interact with each other. because its like a food web or chain. but it doesn't matter lets get to the facts.
 * bumble bee
 * cheetah
 * bobcat
 * gerbil[[image:mongolian_gerbil.jpg width="214" height="204" align="right"]]
 * bison
 * badger
 * wild turkey
 * coyote
 * dung beetle
 * prairie chicken
 * eagle
 * zebra[[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/c.gif width="22" height="22" caption="Ordered List"]]
 * fly catcher
 * crickets
 * Canadian geese
 * prairie dog
 * gray wolf

how they interact with each other


 * 1) the bumble bee pollinate the flowers so the can make more flowers so that the bison can have more to eat.
 * 2) the cheetah helps remove dead carcasses from the grassland so that they can have something to eat to.
 * 3) the gerbil helps keep the grass from growing to high in the place so that the badgers cant sneak on them and eat them.
 * 4) the cheetah can out run the bison and the cheetah will let its young get the food first and so they can keep the population down in the grasslands.
 * 5) the dung beetle keeps the waste of animals down so that not a lot of nitrogen doesn't get in the soil that much.
 * 6) the fly Cather keeps the fly's out of the air and that's how they provide there food and they live in the grass.
 * 7) the gray wolf eats the wild chickens and the prairie dogs and gerbils and Canadian geese and keeps there population down so that they don't over run the place.
 * 8) the eagle keeps the pest down and provide for there family and build the nest out of the buffalo grass that is provided by the grassland
 * 9) . the bison eat the grass so they can make milk for there young and so that they don't go hungry.
 * 10) the prairie dog provides the badger with all hes food and the keep the cricket population down also so its a dog eat dog grassland.

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why we hurt these beautiful places ! we burn them we hurting them we do every thing imaginable even building on them that pettily. isn't that just wrong now get to he facts there are people burning them in Arizona and even in are backyards there building on the land we once loved.

the original grassland //it can reach a 38 c ( 100 degrees Fahrenheit// ) while in winter int can reach as low as - 40 c ( - 40 degrees Fahrenheit ) precipitation in the grass lands in the south is high but in the north it is low!? there are a lot of animals and flowers and like the plants know when they need to bloom and the animals know when its time when there safe to come out and when its time to go and eat when they come out they either eat our crop's and and the flowers suck up all the nutrichons and their water.
 * cone flower it gets the immune system of the body going by activating marcopages witch are destroying the bacteria. It is still usedtoday to treat fever and infections.
 * purple needle grass
 * blazing stars
 * clovers
 * buffalo grass is a warm season native, oerebniall shortgrass.
 * asters
 * psoraleas
 * wild indigo
 * thorn trees
 * golden rods

Biography

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created by Caleb warren, Casey rose, Randy down s