Vocabulary
Forest Life
Forest Animals
Prairie Life
Prairie Animals
100
A large area thickly covered with trees
What is forest?
100
The location of most forests in the U.S.
What is Northeast?
100
How do animals help the soil?
What is their bodies decay and make humus?
100
What part of the U.S. would you find prairies?
What is the central or middle part?
100
Name 2 animals that dig underground tunnels.
What is prairie dog and badger?
200
Decayed material
What is humus?
200
Name the 3 types of forests
What is green all year, trees that lose their leaves, mixed forests?
200
Name 3 things that trees give animals
What is food, homes and shelter?
200
Name the 3 types of prairies.
What is short grass prairie, mixed prairie and tall grass prairie?
200
Name 3 ways prairie animals survive.
What is run fast, live in herds, and dig underground?
300
An area of flat or hilly land covered by grasses
What is prairie?
300
Name the two types of erosion that could be seen in the forest
What is wind and water?
300
Name the animal from the book that lives in holes in trees.
What is a raccoon?
300
What affects the height of the grass in the prairie?
What is the amount of rainfall?
300
What is a large group of prairie dogs called?
What is a town?
400
An animal that hunts other animals for food
What is predator?
400
Roots of trees act like _____________ to prevent erosion.
What is fingers?
400
How can an animal plant a new tree?
What is the bury nuts in the ground or drop crumbs that plant new trees?
400
Do Eastern or Western Prairies get more rain?
What is Eastern?
400
Name a predator of the prairie that was mentioned in the book.
What is a coyote?
500
An animal that is hunted for food
What is prey?
500
True or False: Arizona is mostly covered with forests.
What is false?
500
Name 3 parts of a tree that an insect eats.
What is leaves, wood, roots?
500
Name 2 crops that can grow in the prairie because of its rich soil.
What is wheat and oats?
500
Why do animals on the prairie live in herds?
What is it is much harder for a predator to attack?
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