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• Temperate grasslands are characterized as having grasses as the dominant vegetation. Trees and large shrubs are absent. Temperatures vary more from summer to winter, and the amount of rainfall is less in temperate grasslands than in savannas. ... Temperate grasslands have hot summers and cold winters.

Plant/Blazing Stars

• Many of its adaptations include its ability to live on little water, strong roots, big leafy stems, sharp stems, and the fact that it grows in thick bunches.

Animals/Bison

• Self-Defense Adaptations Because bison generally live and feed in open plains, they are well-adapted to detecting approaching dangers. For example, bison have finely tuned senses of hearing and smell, which they use to detect potential threats -- this also makes up for their comparably poor sense of sight.

Abiotic Factors/

• Rainfall-noun. a fall or shower of rain. the amount of water falling in rain, snow, etc., within a given time and area, usually expressed as a hypothetical depth of coverage: a rainfall of 70 inches a year.
• Wind-Wind is moving air and is caused by differences in air pressure within our atmosphere. Air under high pressure moves toward areas of low pressure. The greater the difference in pressure, the faster the air flows.
• Sun-The Sun is a star. It is a huge, spinning, glowing sphere of hot gas. The Sun is just like the stars that you see in the night sky. It appears so much larger and brighter than the other stars because we are so close to it. The Sun is the center of our Solar System and contains most of the mass in the Solar System.
• Temperature-Temperature is a measure of how hot or cold something is; specifically, a measure of the average kinetic energy of the particles in an object, which is a type of energy associated with motion. ... To answer that question, a physical scientist would measure the temperature of the liquid metal.

Additional Information

• Temperate grasslands are characterized as having grasses as the dominant vegetation. Trees and large shrubs are absent. Temperatures vary more from summer to winter, and the amount of rainfall is less in temperate grasslands than in savannas. ... Temperate grasslands have hot summers and cold winters.
• Temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands is a terrestrial biome defined by the World Wide Fund for Nature. The predominant vegetation in this biome consists of grass and/or shrubs. The climate is temperate and ranges from semi-arid to semi-humid. Wikipedia
• Temperate grasslands are found in places such as North America and Eastern Europe. Humans have had a dramatic impact on the grassland biome. Because temperate grasslands have rich soil, most of the grasslands in the United States have been converted into fields for crops or grazing land for cattle.
• Temperate grasslands are areas of open grassy plains that are sparsely populated with trees. Various names of temperate grasslands include pampas, downs, and veldts. Temperate grasslands can be found in various regions north and south of the equator including Argentina, Australia, and central North America.

Resources

• National Parks & Monuments Found in the Grassland Biomehttps://traveltips.usatoday.com
• What is the Sun? | Cool Cosmoshttps://coolcosmos.ipac.caltech.edu
• Grassland Ecosystems in British Columbia - Grasslands ...http://bcgrasslands.org