John Minadeo Elementary School
1997 Homework
Science Teacher-Mary Novario
What is Vegetation?
Grassland
What kind of plants grow in the area?
Grass, weeds, shrubs, daisies, and flowers.
What kind of wildlife could live in the area?
Skunks, snakes, eagles, badgers, rabbits, insects, and butterflies.
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Forest
What kind of plants grow in the area?
Moss, trees, shrubs, grass, herbs, bushes, flowers, weeds, and poison
ivy.
What kind of wildlife could live in the area?
Insects, birds, rodents, deer, racoons, squirrels, snakes, and chipmunks.
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Riparian
What kind of plants grow in the area?
Algae, weeds, grass, and trees.
What kind of wildlife could live in the area?
Leaches, fish, toads, parasites, birds, worms, snakes, frogs, dragonfly
larvae, and flies.
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Bare Slag Slopes
What kind of plants grow in the area?
Shrubs, grass, trees, some kind of grass but not so much.
What kind of wildlife could live in the area?
Racoons, foxes, birds, snakes, insects, and spiders. |
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Vegetated Slag Slopes
What kind of plants grow in the area?
Small trees, shrubs, vines, aspen, sumac, box elder, locust, honeysuckle,
grapes, weeds, and bushes.
What kind of wildlife could live in the area?
Insects, birds, small ground animals, spiders, butterflies, grasshoppers,
rabbits, flies, worms, bees, snakes, and locust.
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Slag Plateau
What kind of plants grow in the area?
A little bit of grass, dandelions, and clovers.
What kind of wildlife could live in the area?
Birds, toads, bugs, rabbits, lady bugs, spiders, ants, and frogs.
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