DIY Cards

TEMPERATE GRASSLAND

Environment Card

CHARACTERISTICS:

  • Absence of trees and large shrubs

  • Topsoil is extremely fertile

EXAMPLE: The Pampas of Argentina

NATURE ALERT: Humans are transforming temperate grasslands into farm and grazing lands.

cool, warm

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SPECIFIC

Adaptation Card

10 POINTS

“My fur changes color from brown in the SPRING to white in WINTER so that my predators cannot SEE me!”

cold, cool, warm

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ERMINE

Mustela erminea
Scale 6 Diat: carnivore , Hierachy 3

/ / Animalia, Chordata, Mammalia / / 9 POINTS

SPECIFIC ADAPTATION CLUE:

” I am a magician – In the SPRING you SEE , in the WINTER you do not!”

GENERAL ADAPTATIONS:

  • Insulation

  • Camouflage
cold, cool, warm

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SPECIFIC

Adaptation Card

10 POINTS

” My skills as a FAST SWIMMER help me out swim and catch the fish in fast
moving waters!”

cold, cool, warm

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HARLEQUIN DUCK

Histrionicus histrionicus
Scale 6 Diat: carnivore , Hierachy 3

/ / / Animalia, Chordata, Aves / / / 9 POINTS

SPECIFIC ADAPTATION CLUE:

“I’m such a FAST SWIMMER that I could be an olympic marine athlete!”

GENERAL ADAPTATIONS:

  • Insulation

  • High Metabolic rates
cold, cool, warm

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TUNDRA

Environment Card

CHARACTERISTICS:

  • Extremely cold climate

  • Low biodiversity
  • Short growing season

EXAMPLE: The Siberian Tundra

NATURE ALERT: The permafrost is melting as a result of global warming

cold, cool

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