Chaparral period 3

very hot or nearly freezing

30° and 100° F.

10-17

dryness in the summer, only plants with hard leaves can survive, such as scrub oaks, chamiso shrubs, pines, cork and olive trees.

hairy so they can collect the moisture out of the air and use it.

fires in the chaparral because of the heat and dryness.

mid-latitude climate and lie in a belt of prevailing westerly winds. T

plants have adapted even to the fires

west sides of continents.

C stands for warm temperature climates

coldest months is 64°

s stands for a dry season in the summer of the hemisphere it is in

30° to 50° N and 30° to 40° S

latitudes.

climate occurs in central and southern coast of California

Mediterranean Sea; coastal western and southern Australia; the Chilean coast in South America, and the Cape Town region of South Africa.

and rainy seasons

Australian chaparral.

wild dogs

. They eat rats, kangaroos, birds, rabbits, lizards, and some farm animals. They eat meat in large portions.

small packs

Australia,

grassland biomes.

prehistoric times.

California region of the chaparral.

rattle on the end of its tail, and two unusual organs that help it to hunt.

nocturnal

kill their prey with the venom in their mouths.

small mammals, squirrels, and rats.

pits,

sense body heat,

chemical particles left behind by animals.

den in the winter.

good swimmers, and avoid humans

older Rattlesnake is longer than the others.

cold-blooded animals

temperature as their environment.

elephants to condors and to kangaroos.

extreme climates

Some animals live in the chaparral year round, while others travel between the chaparral and other suitable biomes.

Grysbox.

antelope and is the smallest in that family. They can grow to about 22 inches tall and well up to 25 pounds. This animal is an herbivore and lives on the fynbos plant.

it flattens itself on the ground to hide from the enemy.

dens of other animals,

aardvark

Grysbox can also move through thickets slowly, which is necessary in this environment.