World Location South Africa New Zeland Eastern Europe Bad Lands in South Dakota Great plains Southern Canada to North Mexico

Climate Lots of Tornados More than 100 degree farenhiet in the summer inches of rain every year - 10 degrees farenheight in the winter Lightning makes fire in the grasslands

Human Interaction Negatively People have took over much of the land People turned grasslands to farm land Sometimes farming can harm grasslands They cut trees

Human interaction positively Some ranchers raise animals Some feed animals They plant plants

Plants Prairie blazing star Milkweed Willows Coneflower Prairie cord grass Boabab tree And a lot more ……

Animals Snake Horses Eagles Coyotes Jack rabbits Geoffros cat

Black tailed prairie dog appearence Adults inches and 1-2 pounds Light brown fur Short flat tail black tipped Long sharp claws

Predator and prey Prairie dogs eat grass grasshoppers insects Predators- foxes, coyotes, badgers, lizards, rattle snakes,bobcats,ferrets, falcons, and eagles Prairie dogs are herbivores

Adaptations They hide in their burrows They have sharp claws to dig burrows away from the heat Sharp eyesight to see through long grass for predators

other interesting facts Prairie dog makes barking or chirping noises to warn others for predators Prairie dog from squirrel family Prairie dog lives in prairie and makes barking noises like dog that’s how it got it’s name Kinds of grasslands- steppes, prairies, savvana, wild grasses, wheat feilds

bibliography Scheff, Ducan. GRASSLANDS. Austin, TX, Raintree- vaughn publishers,2001.

bibliography Pipes, Rose. GRASSLANDS. Austin, TX, Raintree Steck-Vaghn publishers, 1998