A grassland habitat

35 Pages·2007·6.262 MB·English

by  Kalman, Bobbie;MacAulay, Kelley

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Kelley MacAulay and Bobbie Kalman
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Editor-in-Chief Production coordinator
Bobbie Kalman Heather Fitzpatrick
Photo research
Writing team
Crystal Sikkens
Kelley MacAulay
Special thanks to
Bobbie Kalman
Jack Pickett and Karen Van Atte
Substantive editor
Illustrations
Kathryn Smithyman
Barbara Bedell: pages 17, 32 (top)
Katherine Berti: pages 26-27, 32 (middle)
Editors
Margaret Amy Salter: pages 12, 15, 24, 32 (bottom)
Molly Aloian
Photographs
Michael Hodge
iStockphoto.com: Rob Freeman: title page; Laura Oconnor:
Rebecca Sjonger
page 17 (bottom left); Allen Thornton: page 11
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Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication The Library of Congress has cataloged the printed edition
MacAulay, Kelley as follows:
A grassland habitat / Kelley MacAulay & Bobbie Kalman. MacAulay, Kelley.
(Introducing habitats) A grassland habitat / Kelley MacAulay & Bobbie Kalman.
Includes index. p. cm. -- (Introducing habitats)
ISBN-13: 978-0-7787-2959-4 (bound) ISBN-13: 978-0-7787-2959-4 (rlb)
ISBN-13: 978-0-7787-2987-7 (pbk.) ISBN-10: 0-7787-2959-1 (rlb)
ISBN-10: 0-7787-2959-1 (bound) ISBN-13: 978-0-7787-2987-7 (pb)
ISBN-10: 0-7787-2987-7 (pbk.) ISBN-10: 0-7787-2987-7 (pb)
1. Grassland ecology--Juvenile literature. I. Kalman, Bobbie, date. 1. Grassland ecology--Juvenile literature. I. Kalman, Bobbie. II. Title.
II. Title. III. Series.
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CCoonntteennttss
What is a habitat? 4
Everything they need 6
Grassland habitats 8
Prairie weather 10
Prairie plants 12
Plants make food 14
Prairie animals 16
Prairie water 18
Pothole animals 20
Finding food 22
Getting energy 24
Underground homes 26
Safer at night 28
Hard to see 30
Words to Know and Index 32
WWhhaatt iiss aa hhaabbiittaatt??
A habitat is a place in nature.
Plants live in habitats. Animals
live in habitats, too. Some
animals make homes in habitats.
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Living and non-living things
There are living things in habitats.
Plants and animals are living things.
There are also non-living things in
habitats. Rocks, water, and dirt are
non-living things.
living thing
non-living thing
5
EEvveerryytthhiinngg tthheeyy nneeeedd
Plants and animals need air, water,
and food to stay alive. They have
everything they need in their
habitats. This ground squirrel
found food to eat in its habitat.
6
A habitat home
Some animals have homes.
Their homes are in their
habitats. This badger’s home
is under the ground. The
badger sleeps in its home.
7
GGrraassssllaanndd hhaabbiittaattss
Grasslands are habitats. They
are open, flat areas of land. Many
plants grow in grasslands. Most
of the plants are grasses. There
are very few trees in grasslands.
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