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Grasslands

Grasslands - They are characterized by showing their tall perennial grasses and lack of trees. Drying climates and fire helped to create the worlds first grassland. The new drier climate can perfectly support a temperate grassland.

Temperature - They never drop below 64 degrees freight (18 degrees Celsius). Although these area's are overall very dry, they do have a season of heavy rain. These area's are hot year around.



Plants - >
 * Blue grama
 * Purple needle grass, needs little water to survive. It needs full sunlight exposure to survive. It can grow to be 12 to 18 inches tall.
 * Buffalo grass, Low grown grass. It only gets to be about 8 to 10 inches tall. It doesn't need a lot of water to live.
 * Galleta
 * Blazing stars
 * Cone flowers
 * Golden rod
 * Sunflowers
 * Clovers
 * Psoraleas
 * Wild indigo
 * Asters





The grassland food web!

Animals -
 * Giraffes - They eat up to 75 pounds a day.There tongues are 18 inches long. They get there water from the acacia leaf, but they drink up to 10 gallons of water a day. Has the longest tail out of all the land animals. Is the tallest animal in the world.
 * Zebras - They can live up to 40 years. Zebras are herbivores. Their predators are lions, hyenas, hunting dogs, leopards, cheetah. They mostly live in woodlands and open plains. Zebras are avid grazers. Zebras are in constant search of green pastures. In the dry seasons, they can live on coarse, dry grass only if they are a really short distance.
 * Buffaloes - At birth buffaloes can weigh up to 50 pounds. A full grown buffalo can be 2,000 pounds. A full grown buffalo can be 6 feet tall. The primary food for a buffalo is grass. Both female and male buffaloes have horns.
 * Kangaroos - Kangaroos are the largest marsupial mammals in the world. They can hop on their hind legs at speeds up to 40 miles per hour/ 60 kmh. A male kangaroo is always called a buck. A female kangaroo is called a flyer or a doe. A baby kangaroo is mostly called a joey.
 * Mice - The average life expectancy of a mouse is one to two years. Mice can make their very own vitamin c. A mouse can jump 12 feet in the air and land without injurious.
 * Moles - A 5 ounce mole can eat 45 to 50 pounds of insects and worms per year.
 * Gophers - Gophers can grow up to 5 to 10 inches. Gophers are vegetarians. They only eat trees, grass, shrubs, plants, and roots.
 * Ground squirrels
 * Snakes - There are 3,000 different kinds of snakes in the world. Some snakes are really big and some are really small.Snakes are shy creatures. Many snakes in this world are killed for their skin. Most of their food is smaller than itself.
 * Worms
 * Termites
 * Beetles
 * Lions
 * Leopards
 * Hyenas
 * Elephants

**How humans help** - Humans hurt grasslands because they set them on fire. And how we help them is by recycling rainwater which is a good way to preserve grasslands regions. And on savannas people build terraces on farmland to catch rainfall. We think we would tell people not to catch grasslands on fire and if they do their fine would be $450.00.

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Created by: Amber Crisp, Brooke Porter