This is the most numerous or dominant type of plant on the prairie.
What are grasses?
100
The difference between a forb and a grass is one main part of the plant. This part is the __________.
What is flower(s)?
100
This type of animal eats mostly meat, or other animals.
What is carnivore?
100
You can still see parts of the prairie ecosystem today (prairie remnants). One example is the prairie plants that are still visible in places that were never plowed, like cemeteries, our school, and ________.
What are parks?
100
This is the part of the plant that reaches deep into the ground and can be up to 20 feet long.
What are roots?
200
Prairie grasses are very different than other types of grasses. The main difference is because of this plant part.
What are deep roots?
200
Forbs often have _______________ leaves that help them keep moisture and keep animals from eating them because they are rough.
What is sandpapery?
200
This type of animal eats mainly plants.
What is herbivore?
200
The tallgrass prairie ecosystem is not the same now as it used to be. Much of the prairie has now been turned into _______________ and cities.
What is farms/farmland?
200
This is the name of flowering plants on the prairie.
What is forb?
300
This grass has the nickname of "Turkey Foot" because of the way its tops look.
What is Big Bluestem?
300
Short forbs bloom in the spring when grass is short so they can get sunlight. Tall forbs bloom in the fall when grass is tall. This is an example of an _______________ of a forb.
What is adaptation?
300
Pollinating plants and decomposing dead materials are both roles of prairie __________.
What are insects?
300
This important part of the ecosystem (more specifically, a food chain) breaks apart dead materials and helps put nutrients back into the soil.
What is decomposer?
300
Producing all the food on the prairie is an example of a _________ of a prairie plant.
What is role?
400
Another name for the prairie in North America is ____________. (Hint: It is called this because of the dominant plants).
What is grassland?
400
Forbs often depend on grasses, animals, and other forbs to survive. This means that they are _______________.
What is interdependent?
400
This type of animal eats both plants and animals.
What is omnivore?
400
Fire is an important part of the prairie ecosystem because it puts nutrients back into the soil as well as __________________________.
What is keeps large trees and bushes out?
400
The sun, water, soil, air, wind, fire, plants, and animals all together form the prairie ________________.
What is ecosystem?
500
True or false: Because of the farmers and ranchers, there are fewer of the original prairie plants and grasses now.
What is true?
500
Narrow leaves on forbs help prevent water loss through _______________.
What is evaporation?
500
This is the name for the special place and special role that every animal (and plant) has in its habitat.
What is a niche?
500
This is what originally formed the tallgrass prairie soil.
What are glaciers and deep plant roots?
500
An example of a complete __________________ must begin with the sun and end with a decomposer.