TEMPERATE GRASSLAND

WHAT ARE TEMPERATE GRASSLANDS

• These biomes a characterized by their vast expanses of open land that receives relatively little rainfall and are home to large herbivores
• Their locations are mainly in North and South America
• It's climates are hot summers and cold winters, summers temperature can be well over 100 degrees and winters can be as low as -40.
• Temperate Grasslands don't have many seasons. The only seasons they have are summer, winter and spring
• The plants that grow on this land is trees and large shrubs, cotton woods, oak and willows grow in the river valleys.
• Not many animals live here either, mostly bisons, carnivores include wolfs, coyotes, swift foxes, badgers, and black footed ferrets. Birds include grouses, meadowlarks, quails, sparrows, Hawks, and owls

TeMERATE GRASSLAND

• This is the global distribution of the Temperate Grassland
• Theres Central Asia, North America, Australia, Central Europe, and upland of South America.

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PLANTS

• Purple coneflowers
• Big blue stem
• Blazing star
• Buffalo grass

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QUESTIONS

• What are grasslands also known as?
• What's the percentage of the earth is covered in grassland
• What percentage of the grasslands are left in North America