FOOD TECHNOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Grasslands go by many names. In the United States Midwest, they’re often called prairies. In South America, they’re known as pampas . Central Eurasian grasslands are referred to as steppes, while African grasslands are savannas. What they all have in common are grasses, their naturally dominant vegetation.

Detailed explanation-2: -A savanna or savannah is a mixed woodland-grassland (i.e. grassy woodland) ecosystem characterised by the trees being sufficiently widely spaced so that the canopy does not close. The open canopy allows sufficient light to reach the ground to support an unbroken herbaceous layer consisting primarily of grasses.

Detailed explanation-3: -Typically grasslands contain only grasses, such as swordgrass, whereas savannas support both grasses and widely dispersed trees; trees in these landscapes do not form a canopy as they do in forests.

Detailed explanation-4: -A steppe is a dry, grassy plain. Steppes occur in temperate climates, which lie between the tropics and polar regions. Temperate regions have distinct seasonal temperature changes, with cold winters and warm summers.

Detailed explanation-5: -The temperate grasslands are the predominant vegetation in this biome which consists of grass and/or shrubs. The grasslands in East Africa are the largest grasslands. If these grasslands contain few scattered trees, then it is known as savannas. Others are also called prairies or steppers.