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The document provides information about savannas across 7 slides. It describes savannas as grasslands with scattered shrubs and trees located between rainforests and deserts in a wide band on either side of the equator. It notes the long dry and wet seasons of savannas and how plants and animals have adapted to its climate, with plants developing long roots and thick bark and animals migrating or burrowing. A variety of grasses and storage organs help plants survive the dry season, while the open landscape aids birds of prey and herbivores provide food for carnivores.

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Biomes Powerpoint

The document provides information about savannas across 7 slides. It describes savannas as grasslands with scattered shrubs and trees located between rainforests and deserts in a wide band on either side of the equator. It notes the long dry and wet seasons of savannas and how plants and animals have adapted to its climate, with plants developing long roots and thick bark and animals migrating or burrowing. A variety of grasses and storage organs help plants survive the dry season, while the open landscape aids birds of prey and herbivores provide food for carnivores.

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savanna

ISA BELL A 

P I E D R A H I TA 

PERIOD  6
TABLE OF
CONTENTS 
∙ SLIDE 3   description
∙ SLIDE 4   Location of your Biome 
∙ SLIDE 5  Climate of your Biome 
∙ SLIDE 6  Plants
∙ SLIDE 7   Animals This Photo by Unknown author is licensed under CC BY.
SLIDE 3   description

∙ A savanna is a rolling grassland scattered with


shrubs and isolated trees, which can be found
between a tropical rainforest and desert
biome. Not enough rain falls on a savanna to
support forests. Savannas are also known as
tropical grasslands. They are found in a wide
band on either side of the equator on the
edges of tropical rainforests.
SLIDE 4   Location
of your Biome 
∙ South America also has savannas, but there are
very few species that exist only on this savanna.
In Brazil, Colombia, and Venezuela, savannas
occupy some 2.5 million square kilometers, an
area about one-quarter the size of Canada.
Animals from the neighboring biomes kind of
spill into this savanna. The Llanos of the Orinoco
basin of Venezuela and Columbia is flooded This Photo by Unknown author is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND.

annually by the Orinoco River. Plants have


adapted to growing for long periods in standing
water. The capybara and marsh deer have adapted
themselves to a semi-aquatic life.
SLIDE 5  Climate of
your Biome 
∙ Savannas have warm temperature year round.
There are actually two very different seasons
in a savanna; a very long dry season (winter),
and a very wet season (summer). In the dry
season only an average of about 4 inches of
rain falls. Between December and February no
rain will fall at all. Oddly enough, it is actually
a little cooler during this dry season. But don't
expect sweater weather; it is still around 70° F.

This Photo by Unknown author is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND.


SLIDE 6  Plants

∙ Plants of the savannas are highly specialized to grow in this


environment of long periods of drought. They have long tap roots
that can reach the deep water table, thick bark to resist annual
fires, trunks that can store water, and leaves that drop of during
the winter to conserve water. The grasses have adaptations that
discourage animals from grazing on them; some grasses are too
sharp or bitter tasting for some animals, but not others, to eat. The
side benefit of this is that every species of animal has something
to eat. Different species will also eat different parts of the grass.
Many grasses grow from the bottom up, so that the growth tissue
doesn't get damaged by grazers. Many plants of the savanna also
have storage organs like bulbs and corms for making it though
the dry season.

This Photo by Unknown author is licensed under CC BY-SA.


SLIDE 7   Animals

∙ Most of the animals on the savanna have long legs or wings


to be able to go on long migrations. Many burrow under
ground to avoid the heat or raise their young. The savanna is
a perfect place for birds of prey like hawks and buzzards. The
wide, open plain provides them with a clear view of their
prey, hot air updrafts keep them soaring, and there is the
occasional tree to rest on or nest in. Animals don't sweat to
lose body heat, so they lose it through panting or through
large areas of exposed skin, or ears, like those of the
elephant.These different herbivores provide a wide range of
food for carnivores, like lions, leopards, cheetahs, jackals and
hyenas. Each species has its own preference, making it
possible to live side by side and not be in competition for
food.

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