GRASSLANDS

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GRASSLANDS

• TROPICAL GRASSLANDS(SAVANNAS)
• GROWN IN WARM LANDS NEAR THE EQUATOR--TALL
  GRASSES
• ANIMALS THAT EAT PLANTS CALLED HERBIVORES
  POPULATE THIS AREA.
• HERBIVORES THEN HUNTED BY CARNIVORES
  --MEAT EATERS
• TEMPERATE GRASSLANDS
• FOUND IN COOLER PARTS OF THE WORLD
• GRASS LENGTH AFFECTED BY SOILS AND
  TEMPERATURE.
• CALLED PRAIRIES IN NORTH AMERICA, STEPPES IN
  ASIA, THE PAMPAS OF ARGENTINA, THE VELD OF SOUTH
  AFRICA.

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LIFE IN THE GRASSLANDS

• http//www.youtube.com/watch?vPNe2frqAgM4
• http//www.youtube.com/watch?vLU8DDYz68kM

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DESERTS

• MOST PEOPLE IDENTIFY DESERTS WITH WARM SANDY
  AREAS .
• ANIMALS AND VEGETATION LIVE HERE, LEARNING TO
  ADAPT TO CLIMATE.
• http//www.youtube.com/watch?vV87L6OcNIWA

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TUNDRA

• AREAS WHERE TEMPERATURES ARE ALWAYS COOL OR COLD.
• ALPINE TUNDRA EXISTS IN HIGH MOUNTAINS.
• ARCTIC TUNDRA--VERY COLD TEMPERATURES AND SHORT
  GROWING SEASON. PLANTS CALLED LICHENS EXIST HERE.
  
• PERMAFROST--PERMANENTLY FROZEN LAYERY OF
  SOIL JUST BELOW THE SURFACE.

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TUNDRA

• http//www.youtube.com/watch?vorPgEvVab2Mfeature
  relmfu
• http//www.youtube.com/watch?v749mFttlSuEfeature
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