Plants of the Grasslands

Fires in a grassland are:

• Good

• Bad

• Unusual

• Preventable

Why are fires important in grasslands?

• They help maintain the biome and allow grasslands to exist.

• They destroy all plant life permanently.

• They only harm animals and have no effect on plants.

• They are always caused by humans.

How do small animals survive grassfires in the grasslands?

• They climb underground into their burrows.

• They fly away to another biome.

• They hide in trees.

• They swim in nearby rivers.

Even though the grasses burn in the wildfire, how do they survive?

• The roots that are underground are less likely to burn.

• The grasses regrow from seeds only.

• The fire never reaches the grasses.

• The animals protect the grasses.

Grassland plants can evolve as long as what part of them survives?

• Leaves

• Roots

• Flowers

• Stems

Besides the fact that the grasslands don’t get a lot of rain, why aren’t there many trees?

• Trees are eaten by herbivores

• Trees cannot survive wildfires

• Trees grow too slowly

• Trees need more sunlight

What do the wildfires keep the grassland clean and prevent it from turning into a forest?

• By providing nutrients to the soil

• By burning up the overgrown bushes and trees

• By attracting herbivores

• By increasing rainfall

What type of animals live and feed in the grasslands?

• Carnivores

• Herbivores

• Omnivores

• Insectivores

Remember the herbivores may eat the grass, and the grass keeps growing back because the herbivores don’t eat the __________.

• Roots

• Leaves

• Flowers

• Seeds

How does a deer prevent trees from growing?

• By eating the young shoots of trees

• By watering the trees

• By planting more grass

• By providing shade to the trees