background info

• Biomes called grasslands are characterized by having grasses instead of large shrubs or trees
• Grasslands generally have precipitation for only half to 3/4 of the year
• If it were more, they would become forests

two types of grasslands

• tropical (savannah)
• temperate

animals found in grassland biomes

• Grasslands are home to some of the largest land animals on Earth
• elephants
• hippopotamuses
• rhinoceroses
• lions