Habitats: Prairie

Second Grade GLE 0207.2.2, GLE 0207.2.3, GLE 0207.3.1 GLE 0201.1.2, GLE 0207.5.1

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Vocabulary Geography Animals

Different kinds of prairies

Plants

Weather

Playtime

Vocabulary
Environment Resources Food Chain
All of the living Something that The order in which things and nonliving plants and animals energy passes from things around a need to live. one living thing to living thing another.

Food Web
A model that shows how different food chains are related.

Habitat

Life Cycle

The part of an The series of changes environment where a that a living thing plant or animal lives. goes through as it grows.

Food Chain
Starts with the Sun giving energy to the

plants Plants make their own food, and are eaten by comsumers Eventually the consumers will die and bacteria will decompose the remains, which turns into nutrients in the soil for plants.

Food Web
Shows all the different food chains in a certain environm ent All food chains and webs begin with the Sun

Geography
What is a Where are

Prairie? A prairie is a temperate grassland, plains of grass that get hot in the summer and cold in the winter. Even now, the prairie is a large area.

Prairies? Prairies are located in the interior of North America.

Different types of Prairies

Tall Grass Prairie
areas with rich soil,

Short Grass Prairie

areas with little

moderate precipitation and tall grasses (over 5 feet = 1.5 m tall

precipitation and short grass (less than 2 feet = 61 cm tall).

Animals
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/biomes/grassland/prairie.shtml http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/prairie_animal_page.htm

Animal Adaptations:

The animals that live in prairies have adapted to a semi-arid, windy environment with few trees or shrubs. They can also withstand a great range in temperature, from well below freezing in the winter to sweltering heat in the summer.

Animals American Bald Eagle Badger Bobcat Bumble Bee Coyote Prairie Dog Swift Fox

Plants
http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/prairie_plants_page.htm

Big Bluestem Grass Blue Grama Grass Buffalo Grass Fleabane Indian Grass Milkweed Purple Coneflower Stinging Nettle

Weather
Precipitation in the prairies can reach from

about 12.6 inches in the shortgrass prairie to 21.7 inches in the tallgrass prairies. Being located far from the moderating effects of oceans causes a wide range of temperatures, with hot summers and cold winters. Strong winds blow across the endless plains during both summer and winter.

Playtime

http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/animals

http://www.kids-courier.com/kids_learning/scien

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/geography-

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/biomes/gras