Prairie
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tappenschool on April 7, 2010
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Prairie vocabulary terms
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Wisconsin glacier | last glacier that moved over North Dakota; covered all of ND except for the southwest corner |
| prairie | large, treeless region covered with grasses and forbs |
| pollen | a powder produced by certain plants and must be carried from plant to plant in order for the plant to reproduce |
| pollination | process of pollen being carried from one flower to another; carried out when pollen sticks to the legs of bees and other insects |
| native | naturally occurring |
| ecosystem | an area that contains organisms (living things) interacting with one another and with their non-living environment |
| elevation | land height |
| tallgrass prairie | native prairie grasses that reach 6 to 7 feet in height; made up of several species of both sod-forming grasses and bunch grasses |
| sod | grass-covered soil which is held together by matted roots |
| sod-forming grasses | grasses that spread by sending out horizontal stems both above and below the ground; hold soil tightly together |
| bunch grasses | grass species that grow in bunches, or clumps, and are spread by seeds; have extremely long roots |
| humus | organic (from living things) matter in soil |
| habitat | environment that provides the food, water, shelter, and space for wildlife to make their homes |
| bonanza farms | gigantic wheat farms in eastern North Dakota begun in the 1870's; ranged in size from 3,000 acres to over 75,000 acres |
| mixed-grass prairie | combination of tallgrass and shortgrass species |
| western wheatgrass | tough, native grass that once covered almost all of North Dakota; official state grass of ND |
| forage | grass and other plants that grazing animals eat |
| forbs | native prairie wildflowers with deep roots |
| chrysalis | cocoon, or protective case, that holds an insect as it is transforming from the larva stage to the adult stage |
| metamorphosis | process of changing from the larva stage to the adult stage; amphibians and some insects such as butterflies go through this process |
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