Forests and Grasslands
What is A Forest?
Area of land covered with a dense growth of trees.
What is an estuary?
An enclosed body of water where freshwater from rivers mixes with ocean saltwater.
What are Oceans?
Bodies of salt water that cover most of the Earth's surface.
This small body of freshwater is often found in parks and backyards...
Ponds
What is the difference between a river and a pond?
What is a grassland?
Area of land where the dominant vegetation is grasses, with few or no trees.
What is a salt marsh?
A coastal wetland area that is regularly flooded and drained by tides.
What do oceans have any parts that are freshwater besides where rivers meet the ocean?
No
Are ponds freshwater or salt water?
Freshwater
What animals like to build dams in rivers to create ponds.
Beavers
What do trees provide?
Trees are the home to many birds and other animals and they also produce oxygen.
What are the most common animals in salt marshes?
Crabs, snails, mussels, and birds.
What is the biggest animal in the ocean that breathes air.
Whales
What is lives in a freshwater ecosystem?
Fish, insects, river otters and alligators live here.
What are the most common animals in streams?
Fish, insects, frogs, salamanders, and crayfish
What animals are common in grasslands?
Bison, zebras, antelope, lions, cheetahs, and deer.
Do estuaries have salt water, fresh water, or both?
They have both.
What is the animal with eight arms and squirts ink when it feels threatened?
Octopus
What is algae?
This plant grows on top of or in water.
Without this streams would dry up:
Water
Where are zebras most likely to live: Grasslands or Forests?
Grasslands
Yes, alligators can be found in estuaries.
Many small ocean animals and fish (including whales) eat this tiny floating plant-like organism.
Plankton
Can plants grow in and out of lakes/ponds?
Yes
What is the longest river in the world located in Africa.
The Nile River