Vocabulary
It's a large area of grass that covers much of the middle of the United States.
What is a prairie?
This part of the tree acts like fingers that keep the soil in place.
What are roots?
This animal used to roam the grasslands in large herds before they were hunted.
What is the buffalo?
It's the name for a type of graph that shows change over time.
What is a line graph?
It's the word to describe the rotting away of animal and plant material.
What is decay?
This type of animal often buries nuts from trees, causing new trees to grow.
What is a squirrel?
This animal is the biggest predator on the prairie.
What is a coyote?
This causes the difference between tall and short grasses on the prairie.
What is rain?
It's the name for an animal that hunts another.
What is a predator?
This type of animal builds nests in trees and often eats the fruits and nuts a tree provides.
What are birds?
Grasslands are mostly found in this area of the United States.
What is the middle or central area?
It's the name of the type of graph that shows percentages or amounts of each type of item.
What is a circle graph?
This is the rich soil that helps plants and trees grow big and tall.
What is humus?
This kind of tree loses all of its leaves.
What is a deciduous tree?
To escape from predators, prairie dogs dig underground and live in these types of homes.
What is a burrow?
This percentage of earth is covered by water.
What is 70-75%?
This biome covers much of the eastern half of the country and can be made up of deciduous trees, evergreen trees, or a mix of both.
What is a forest?
Trees take in this toxic gas, and then through the process of photosynthesis, release this other gas that allows for growth and life to happen.
What are carbon dioxide and oxygen?
It's the name of a group of prairie dogs.
What is a town?