Name _________________________________
Date ____________________
Colorado Life Zones Worksheet
1) What adaptations do antelope have to survive in the plains life zone?
Class Period _____
2) Plains life zone food chain. Fill in the blanks with the following animals/plants in correct order:
Kangaroo rat
Snake
Grass
Red-tail hawk
___________________ eats ________________ eats _________________ eats ___________
3) How can you tell a mule deer from other animals in the foothills life zone?
4) How can you identify Douglas fir cones in the montane life zone?
5) True or False. Aspen trees in the montane life zone do not lose their leaves in the fall.
True or False
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6) What adaptation do most trees in the subalpine zone have?
7) Why does the snowshoe hare in the subalpine life zone change color with the seasons?
8) True or False. The alpine life zone is the coldest and highest life zone of all life zones in
Colorado.
True or False
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9) How do picas survive the winter in the alpine life zone?
10) What is present in all riparian life zones?
BONUS:
Pingree Park is located at 9,000 feet. The most common trees are Douglas fir, lodgepole pine, and aspen. What life zone is Pingree Park a part of?