Grasslands

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Grasslands
Gary B., Norm B., Marissa B.
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Where is ecosystem located?

• North and South America
• Africa and Asia
• Europe and Australia
• Everywhere but Antarctica

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Describe the abiotic factors of your ecosystem

• Temperature is usually 75 degrees F
• Soil is fertile
• Grasslands receive from 25 to 39 inches of rain
  during the year

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Producer Grass . How does your producer rely on
other organisms in the prairie/grasslands to
survive?

• Earthworms, beetles, bacteria, and fungi break
  down dead plants and animals-recycle nutrients
• Wind spreads seeds more grass grows
• Fires clear area of young or bushes that could
  block sunlight from the grass

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How do other organisms of your ecosystem rely on
your producer to survive?

• Prairie Dogs, Kangaroo Rats, Ferrets, Skunks,
  Bobcats, Pocket Mice, Burrowing Owls, American
  Badgers, and Gophers are some of the animals that
  need burrows for shelter
• Grass provides food for Cattle, Bison, Elk, and
  insects

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How do humans affect your ecosystem?

• Large parts of Grasslands get plowed for farms
• People go on safaris to shoot lions and other
  large animals
• Native Americans started and controlled fires for
  good nutrients
• People collect grass seeds to replant grass

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Choose one biotic or abiotic factor in your
ecosystem describe how a change in one of these
could your ecosystem.

• Change If you take away bull snakes
• Rodents and birds would overpopulate
• Worms would decrease
• Decomposing would be slower

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Other interesting facts

• Grasslands have very little trees and bushes
• There are a lot of different types of grass
• North American grasslands are called prairies

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Sources Used

• Stille, Darlene R. A True Book Grasslands. New
  York, CT Children's Press, 1999. Print. 
• Allaby, Michael. Biomes Of The World. Danbury,
  CT Grolier Educational, 1999. Print.
• Patent, Dorothy H. Life In a Grassland.
  Minneapolis, MN Lerner Publications Company,
  2003. Print.