This document is a slideshow presentation about ecosystems and grassland biomes. It includes sections on interactions between living and non-living things, grassland biomes, pandas, and how plants, animals and humans compete. The presentation contains information on the climate, plants and animals found in grassland biomes, as well as why more people live in Dalian, China than in Greenland.

1. Ecosystem By Kathy

3. Interactions between living and non-living things (Slides 4-9)

4. Grassland Biome (Slides 10-14)

5. Why Do More People Live in Dalian Than Greenland?

6. Pandas (Slides16-17)

7. How Plants, Animals and Humans Compete with Each Other

8. Glossary

9. References

10. The End !!!

11. By: Kathy

12. Jessica is interacting with a pencil and a note book

13. This is a caterpillar There are leaves around it so maybe it eats leaves

14. The caterpillar is eating the leaf

15. I (an organism ) am using the pencil (non-living)

16. The sunflower has wilted because bugs have eaten it

17. The tomatoes have also wilted because of bugs

19. There are trees in small areas of the grassland

20. There are two types of grassland; tall grass, very wet, and short grass, dry with higher temperature This is a picture of grassland

22. Plants: A lot of grass, wild indigo, clover, sunflower, goldenrod, and many more

23. Insects: Locust, grasshopper, lady beetle, stink bug, dragon fly and many more Animals living in grasslands

25. Temperature range between -20 to 30 degrees Sun setting

27. South Africa (Grassland type: Veldt)

28. South America (Grassland type: Pampas)

29. North America (Grassland type: Prairie

30. Central Eurasian (Grassland Type: Steppes) Grassland with mountains at the back

32. Lots of interactions between living and non-living things. Dry grassland area

33. Why do More People Live in Dalian Than Greenland? Dalian Greenland -There are taller buildings in Dalian -More trees in Dalian -Greenland is too cold -More sunlight in Dalian

35. Lives in bamboo forests

36. Eats Bamboo This is a Panda

38. The temperature fits pandas more

39. Were originally found in China and had not been spread to any other countries A bamboo forest

41. Animals hunt food that humans might need

42. Humans take away food animals need

43. Humans use forests to make cities and towns A leopard crying

45. Community : A group with living things interacting with each other

46. Compete : Plants, animals or humans fighting each other to get a certain thing

47. Ecosystem : A system formed with living things

48. Organism : A living thing

49. Population : A certain type of species in one area

50. Species : A certain type of organism

52. www.blueplanetbiomes.org/grasslands , Grasslands, 2000, Sam M.

53. www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/exhibits/biomes , The Grassland Biome, 2002, Charles Webber

54. www.buzzle.com/articles/grassland-biome-animals-and-plants , Grassland Biomes: Animals and Plants, Date retrieved: October 16 th , 2010

55. www.animalcorner.co.uk/biomes/grassland , Terrestrial Biome - Grassland , Date retrieved: October 16 th ,2010

56. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grassland, Grassland, Date retrieved: October 16th, 2010

57. www.safedev.com/Offbeat-Photos/Moments-Animals-Smiling , Such Rare Moments of Animals Smiling, September 2nd, 2010.

58. The End! Thank you for watching!