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Citations. Deserts. A., Tristan. "Bobcat." Blue Planet Biomes . N.p ., 2000. Web. 23 Mar 2011. http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/desert_animal_page.htm . " Coyote." Blue Planet Biomes . N.p ., 2000. Web. 23 Mar 2011. http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/desert_animal_page.htm .
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Citations Deserts A., Tristan. "Bobcat." Blue Planet Biomes. N.p., 2000. Web. 23 Mar 2011. http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/desert_animal_page.htm. "Coyote." Blue Planet Biomes. N.p., 2000. Web. 23 Mar 2011. http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/desert_animal_page.htm. F., Prudence. "Pancake Prickly Pear Cactus." Blue Planet Biomes. N.p., 2003. Web. 23 Mar 2011. http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/desert_plant_page.htm. H., Alice. "Saguaro Cactus." Blue Planet Biomes. N.p., 2001. Web. 23 Mar 2011. http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/desert_plant_page.htm. M., Simone. "Barrel Cactus." Blue Planet Biomes. N.p., 2000. Web. 23 Mar 2011. http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/desert_plant_page.htm. N., Stetson. "Desert." Blue Planet Biomes. N.p., 2000. Web. 23 Mar 2011. http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/desert.htm. N., Stetson. "Desert Kangaroo Rat." Blue Planet Biomes. N.p., 2000. Web. 23 Mar 2011. http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/desert.htm. Rogerson, Robert J. "Desert." World Book Student. World Book, 2011. Web. 21 Mar. 2011. S., Justin. "Desert Climates." Blue Planet Biomes. N.p., 2000. Web. 25 Mar 2011. http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/desert_climate_page.htm. S., Zach. "Armadillo Lizard." Blue Planet Biomes. N.p., 2001. Web. 23 Mar 2011. http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/desert_animal_page.htm. S., Zach. "Thorny Devil." Blue Planet Biomes. N.p., 2001. Web. 23 Mar 2011. http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/desert_animal_page.htm. Location In North America, South America, Asia, Africa, and Australia Interesting • Deserts cover 1/5 of the earth • Heat from the ground evaporates the water before it can rain • 1 in. of rain per year in dry deserts Climate -very little rainfall, dry two different kinds of deserts-Polar Desert is very cold and air has little moisture -Hot deserts is very hot and loses a lot of moisture to evaporation Ross Messick
Pancake Prickly Pear Cactus Armadillo Lizard Bobcat The body, tail and head are flat so it can go into little crevices for shelter. The bobcat can pick out the sick and wounded as prey and go after them first. Thorny Devil Barrel Cactus It can change its body color depending what kind of soil it is walking over. Desert Kangaroo Rat Saguaro Cactus Coyote Has a cheek pouch that allows it to store food for weeks. Hair is brown and grey so it can camouflage • Stores water • Spines to protect it’s water • Doesn’t need much water