what are some grasslands special features?
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This is quite an open question.  Grasslands are their own unique ecosystem with a diversity of successional stages, flora and fauna.  The most interesting thing I can think of regarding grasslands is their lack of trees (such as in the great plains region).  Many people think that it is due to a lack of water that trees are largely absent from the prairie, however, the ecological explanation for this is fire.  Fire is essential for the removal of woody plants from the prairie and the promotion of new, healthy native plants.  \n    Native grassland plants (such as indian grass and bluestems) have special adaptations to this environment and posess growth regoins called meristems that are located just below the soil surface.  This allows them to survive prairie fires and regrow quickly, preserving a unique habitat for animal species that live there.  \n    Lightning is a natural firestarter but native americans also started fires on purpose.  As grass regrew following a burn, grazing animals like bison were attracted to that area and could be hunted.  Nowadays, humans have plowed most native grasslands, set cattle to graze, and prevent fire from occuring which has a but destroyed the natural prairie habitat that was once abundant in the plains.  Wildlife managers use prescribed burns to manage grassland habitats in parks and reserves.
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Scientific terms for plants (flora) and animals (fauna)
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gov't, livestock, people, fish, etc... \n\nlook at the address below - very interresting...
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THE Eurasian steppes are a vast belt of grassland extending from\neastern Europe through western and central Asia to north-east\nAsia. The five threatened species which occur in the east Asian\nsteppes include four which also range westwards outside the Asian\nregion, Imperial Eagle, Lesser Kestrel and Great Bustard to Europe,\nand Pale-backed Pigeon to Central Asia. They occur in a variety of\nhabitats in addition to lowland grasslands: Imperial Eagle inhabits\nforest-steppe, and some forest conservation measures are relevant\nto the species (see F01); Pale-backed Pigeon is found in open,\nsparsely wooded habitats in the mountains; and White-throated\nBushchat breeds in mountain grasslands. The lakes and other\nwetlands in the steppes are important for threatened waterbirds, and\nare covered in W05.\n■ Key habitats Steppe grasslands, forest steppe and mountain\nsteppe, scrub in sandy desert.\n■ Altitude Lowlands to 3,100 m.\n■ Countries and territories Russia (Krasnoyarsk, Khakassia, Tuva,\nIrkutsk, Buryatia, Chita); Mongolia; China (Heilongjiang, Jilin,\nInner Mongolia, Xinjiang, Gansu); outside the Asian region, the\nsteppes extend through central and western Asia to eastern\nEurope.
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hm..try wikipedia seach that gives great detail on any word we try moreover agriculture etc will fetch u more than say 5 page long details\nand ya...good luck for the project!!
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Desert - very dry, either hot or cold \nTundra - cool, treeless, and dry \nChaparral or scrub - coastal area with hot, dry summers and mild, cool, rainy winters \nTaiga or Coniferous Forest - cool and dry, with coniferous trees \nTemperate Deciduous Forest - cool and rainy, with deciduous trees \nGrassland - Windy, partly dry sea of grass with few trees, including tropical savanna, prairie, steppe, pampas, etc. \nMountina biomes: there are a lot of different biomes that exist on a mountains, from grasslands at low altitudes, taiga (coniferous forests) below the treeline, and alpine (the same as tundra) \nTemperate Rain Forest - cool and wet \nTropical Rain Forest - warm and very wet \nLand Caves - cool and dark \nWetlands - there are many types of wetlands, including swamps, marshes, moors, bogs, fens, sloughs, etc. \nFreshwater Marsh - a wetland located near creeks, streams, rivers and lakes \nTemperate ponds
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Land.\nWater.\nOxygen.\nOther Animals which we get only w/\nPlants which we get only w/\nCarbon dioxide\n\nsimple. there are more feats. about the climate and position and blah blah blah but thats not exactly physical.
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farm, ranch, feed lot (types of property); pasture, range (open field); barn (building)
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doldrums\nwindward slopes\nequator\ndecreases\ndistance from mountains\nBombay is in the tropics
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one of the most recently evolved are grasses (a herb)-they are also very adaptable (unlike many orchids which are also recent) as they can go dormant with an underground rhizome when condition are not suitable for active growth and their leaves grow from the bottom instead of the top so their growth won't be disturbed if someone takes a bite from the top.
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short grasses, long grasses, deciduous trees, coniferous trees, weeds
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The sun, plenty of water and fertilizer.\n\nCoach
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Go to Kansas Wildlife and Parks. All the info you need is on their site.
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That is certainly not the only place it is done.  However, it is preferred because of the vast, open grass-lands for grazing.
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cattle (cows, pigs, horses, donkeys, poultry), wild boar, different kinds of deer, rabbits, several snakes, certain amphibians, red squirrel, and a whole bunch more.\n\nDefinitely no monkeys.
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That's a very broad question.  Here's a short summary that can be added to:\n1.  Deserts\n2.  Mountains\n3.  Valleys\n4.  Savannas\n5.  Islands\n6.  Atolls\n7.  Hills\n8.  Caverns\n9.  Outcrops\n10. Glaciers
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Characteristics\nRainforests are characterized by high rainfall, with definitions setting minimum normal annual rainfall between 2,000 mm (about 78 inches or 2 meters) and 1700 mm (about 67 inches). The soil can be poor because high rainfall tends to leach out soluble nutrients.\n\nRain forests are home to two-thirds of all the living animal and plant species on the planet. It has been estimated that many hundreds of millions of new species of plants, insects, and microorganisms are still undiscovered and as yet unnamed by science. Tropical rain forests are called the "jewel of the earth", the "Earth's lungs", and the "world's largest pharmacy" because of the large amount of natural medicines discovered there.\n\nDespite the growth of flora in a rainforest, the actual quality of the soil is quite poor. Oxisols, infertile, and deeply weathered, have developed on the ancient Gondwanan shields. Rapid bacterial decay prevents the accumulation of humus. The concentration of iron and aluminium oxides by the laterization process gives the oxisols a bright red color and sometimes produces minable deposits (e.g. bauxite). On younger substrates, especially of volcanic origin, tropical soils may be quite fertile.\n\nhttp://www.answers.com/RAINFOREST