1. Study Notes
Chapter 2 - Lesson 2: A Sea of Grass
Vocabulary:
1. prairie - an area of flat or hilly land covered by grasses.
2. predator - an animal that hunts other animals for food.
Prairies
How Prairie Animals
Characteristics
Protect Themselves
flat or covered rich some some some
live
hilly with soil live in run
under-
land grass ground herds fast
2. MAIN IDEAS
What is a Prairie?
· flat or hilly land covered by grass
· buffalo roam in groups or herds
· not many trees
· rain affects the height of the grass - Eastern prairies get
more rain, therefore, taller grass than Western prairies.
· Rich soil - wheat and oats grow well here
3. MAIN IDEAS
Prairie Life (p. 35)
· Since there are no trees on the prairie, animals must find
other ways to escape predators.
· Prairie Dogs & Badgers dig underground tunnels.
· Pronghorns protect themselves by living in herds and
being able to run quickly.
· Prairie predators are coyotes!
coyote badger prairie dog
