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Desert

Published on Nov 22, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

DESERT

CHASE AN ETHAN
Photo by szeke

DESERT LOCATION

  • Africa
  • Antarctica
  • North America
  • South America
  • Asia and Austalia
Photo by Al_HikesAZ

DESERT QUANITY

  • The desert covers a fifth of the earth
Photo by szeke

TEMPERATURE

  • Coastal Deserts summer is usually 55-75 fahenheit
  • Coasal Winter is 41 fahenheit or below
  • Cold Deserts winter is -5 to-75 fahenheit
  • Cold Deserts summer it can be 32 fahenheit
Photo by Al_HikesAZ

RAINFALL

  • Average rainfall ten inches
Photo by ejoui15

PLANT LIFE

  • Cactus and Sagebush
  • Ocotillo and Salt Bush
  • Chrysothamnus and Black Sage
  • Cati and Creosate
Photo by szeke

ANIMAL LIFE

  • Insects
  • Snakes and Lizards
  • Skinks and Dikdiks
  • Hawks and Gezelles and Camels
  • Coyotes and Prairie Dogs
Photo by szeke

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ADAPTATIONS

  • Cactus:Stores water
  • Camel:Stores fat in hump
  • Gazelles:They have horns to defend

HOW WE ARE HURTING THE DESERT

  • By building roads
  • By building desert farms
  • By doing rally car races

HOW CAN WE HELP THE BIOME

  • By conserving water

FUN FACTS

  • Antarcica is a desert
  • Workers on The highway occasionally find dehydrated corpses
  • Some penguins live in deserts
Photo by szeke