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About Life Zones
Animals
Plants
Elevations
Mystery Questions!
100
Colorado has __________ life zones.
What is five?
100
3 animals from the Grasslands
What is pronghorn antelope coyotes prairie dogs ground squirrels gophers jack rabbits lark bunting
100
3 plants from the Grasslands
What is blue grama grass buffalo grass cottonwood trees willow trees
100
11,000 feet above sea level and above
What is the elevation of the alpine tundra?
100
The Colorado state bird.
What is the Lark Bunting?
200
It is easier to determine a life zone by the ___________ than by the _____________.
It is easier to determine a life zone by the plants than by the animals.
200
3 animals from the Shrubs and Woodland life zone.
What is mule deer cottontail rabbits mountain lions bobcats gray foxes pinon jays
200
3 plants from the Montane Forest
What is ponderosa pine lodgepole pine aspen trees douglas fir blue spruce columbine flowers wild strawberries
200
Below 5,000 OR 3,500 to 5,000 feet above sea level
What is the elevation of the grasslands?
200
The Colorado State animal
What is the bighorn sheep or Rocky Mountain Big Horn sheep?
300
The _______ you go the _______ precipitation there is.
The higher you go the more precipitation there is.
300
chipmunks, ground squirrels, marmots, pika, elk, bighorn sheep, and ptarmigan are all animals from this life zone.
What is Alpine Tundra
300
pinon shrubs, juniper shrubs, scrub oak, sagebrush, and mountain mahogany are plants from this life zone
What is Shrubs and Woodland
300
9,000 to 11,000 feet above sea level
What is the elevation of the subalpine forest?
300
Colorado state tree
What is Blue Spruce?
400
Life zones are areas with similar ____________ and _________.
What is plants and animals?
400
3 animals from Subalpine Forest
What is bighorn sheep elk packrats chipmunks hummingbirds nutcrackers
400
blue forget-me-nots, pink moss, and yellow rydbergia
What is Alpine Tundra
400
6,500 to 9,000 feet above sea level
What is the elevation of the montane forest?
400
Colorado state fish
What is the greenback cutthroat trout?
500
Colorado has different life zones because there are differences in ___________ and ____________ from place to place.
What is precipitation (rain and snow) and temperature.
500
mule deer, black bears, elk, bighorn sheep, beavers, greenback cutthroat trout, and finches are from this life zone.
What is the Montane Forest
500
3 plants from the Subalpine Forest
What is englemann spruce englemann fir huckleberry elderberry moss
500
5,000 to 6,500 feet above sea level
What is the elevation of the shrub and woodland life zone?
500
Colorado state grass
What is Blue Grama?