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Tropical grasslands revision resource - Coggle Diagram
Tropical grasslands revision resource
Distribution
Between 5 and 30 degrees north and south of the equator, most of central Africa, around the Congo basin, Northern Australia, and Brazilian highlands
Fauna
Adaptations: Migrate to different locations to find water and food, hooves for running on plains, flat teeth for digesting grasses, light brown fur colour for camouflage in dry grasses
Carnivores, like lions and hyenas stalk herds to pick off the weak.
Grazing species like elephants, giraffe, and wildebeest
40 species of hoofed animals, e.g. antelope
Flora
The plants have deep and widespread roots that allow them to absorb water from large areas and survive the dry season.
Baobab tree has swollen stems and a trunk with a diameter of 10m to store water. Few leaves to reduce transpiration
Tall and spiky pampas grass grows quickly to a height of over 3m
Climate
Temperatures are high throughout the year but with a greater range than the rainforest; daily temperatures reach 25 degrees C
During the dry season, rainfall is as low as 10 mm
Wet season arrives when the sun moves over head; 80% of the rain here falls in the 4-5 months of the wet season
Longer dry season and a shorter wet season
Interdependant
Soil
Soil to Plants
There is nutrients and water in the soil that plants take out to use for them to grow.
Climate
Climate to Soil
It puts water into the soil and then the plants use that to grow.
Climate to Animals
The climate means that the plants can grow giving them food to eat.
Climate to Plants
The rain and the sun make the plants grow
Animals
Animals to Plants
They are used in pollination and seed dispersal
Plants
Plants to Soil
When the plants shed their leaves they fall of the soil and then they will decompose and then that puts nutrients back in to the soil.
Plants to Animals
The plants are a source of food for a huge amount of the animals that live in the temerate grasslands