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Competencies
C-4.6, C-5.3

• Critical thinking
• Information literacy
• Environmental literacy
21st CENTURY SKILLS
• AIL
8 The Temperate Grasslands

(Prairies in North America)

Warm Up

Identify the

following animal
found in Prairies.

Some parts of the world experience an extreme type of climate. In such

parts, the summers are hot and the winters

are cold. The rainfall is limited. Only grasses
can grow in these regions. The grasslands
cover large areas and have almost no tree.

Such grasslands are found in the temperate
regions. The Temperate Zone lies between

23½° and 66½° latitudes in both the
hemispheres. The temperate grasslands

are known by different names in different
continents, such as:

1. Downs in Australia

2. Steppes in Eurasia

3. Velds in Africa Prairies in North America

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