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//__ G __**__ rassland __** //  1. Where in the world is the biome located (try and find an image that you can can copy and paste into your page)? Grassland are located in the light green shaded areas. ↓ 

 2. What is the climate like (what is the temperature and the weather)?

Savanna's climate are usually hot and warm but, yearly when it rains, the savanna becomes a tropical rain forest due to heavy rain. Rainfall is moderate. Savanna has both a dry and a rainy season. Temperatures differ from summer to winter, and the amount of rain is less in temperate grasslands than in Savannahs. Temperate grasslands have hot summers and cold winters. Precipitation in the temperate grasslands usually happens in the late spring and early summer. The annual average is about 50.8 to 88.9 cm. Summer temperatures can be well over 38° C, while winter temperatures can be as low as -40° C.  3. What different types of plants exist in this biome? Temperate grassland have a few trees, such as cottonwoods, oaks, and willows grow in river valleys, and some nonwoody plants. Specifically a few hundred species of flowers grow in the grasses. The different species of grasses include purple needlegrass, blue grama, buffalo grass, and galleta. Flowers include asters, blazing stars, coneflowers, goldenrods, sunflowers, clovers, psoraleas, and wild indigos. Different Savannas have different grasses due to rainfall and soil conditions. Deciduous trees and shrubs are scattered across the landscape. One type of savanna common in southwestern Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda, known as grouped-tree grassland, has trees growing only on termite mounds — the intervening soil being too thin or poorly drained to support the growth of trees at all 4. What different types of animals exist in this biome? <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Savanna: Birds, grasshoppers, stick insects, beetles, mice, and lizards, giraffes, zebras, buffaloes, kangaroos, mice, moles, <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">gophers, ground squirrels, snakes,worms, termites, beetles, lions, leopards, hyenas, and elephants. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Temperate grasslands: Zebras, rhinoceroses, wild horses, lions, wolves, prairie dogs, jack rabbits, deer, mice, coyotes, foxes, skunks, badgers, blackbirds, grouses, meadowlarks, quails, sparrows, hawks, owls, snakes, grasshoppers, leafhoppers, and spiders. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> 5. How is this biome threatened by humans? <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">The Savanna is threatened by humans because of poaching, overgrazing, and clearing of fthe land for crops. The Temperate grasslands are also because they are turned into a crop field because of their rich soil.

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">6. Give an example of a specific ecosystem that would be classified as this biome (i.e. Lake Ontario is specific ecosystem that is an example of a freshwater biome) <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Tourism Saskatchewan Canada

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Bibliography: <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> http://environmentallearning.wikispaces.com/Grasslands