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Deserts

By: Maggie Carmody Team Members: Meghan Eilenfield , Bobby Glance, Barrett Renyolds & Maggie Carmody. Deserts. Deserts all over the world Many 30 degrees latitude, north 30 degrees latitude south Biggest deserts- Sahara, Gobi, Kalahari. Where are Deserts located?.

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Deserts

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  1. By: Maggie Carmody Team Members: Meghan Eilenfield, Bobby Glance, Barrett Renyolds & Maggie Carmody Deserts

  2. Deserts all over the world Many 30 degrees latitude, north 30 degrees latitude south Biggest deserts- Sahara, Gobi, Kalahari Where are Deserts located?

  3. Hot and dry, semiarid, costal, cold Night cool, 40’s & 50’s Day hot, 100 degrees Very dry, less than 10 in. precipitation yearly Little plant life Desert climate

  4. Cold, 35-39 winter, 69-78 summer Snowfall, more rain Antarctica, Greenland, Nearctic realm Little plant life, same animals - burrow Desert climate

  5. Hot Few, don’t need much water Cacti, shrubs, grasses Birdcage plants, brittlebush, spinifex grasses, yucca Tumbleweed not native, Asian Desert plants

  6. (Ferocactuswislizenii) Compass cactus -same 5-11 ft. tall Cylinder body Pulp, water barrel cactus

  7. (Enceliafarinosa) Medium, round shrub Long, oval, leaves, silver-green, fuzzy Brittle branches, resin –has smell Late winter, early spring, yellow blossoms brittlebush

  8. (Yucca) South USA, Mexico, West Indies Poisonous leaves Blooms small, white-purple blossoms Yucca

  9. Similar, hot, cold Burrow, heat, cool Rodents, snakes Camels Deserts Animals

  10. (Suricatasuricatta) Burrow, stay cool Mongooses, upright-famed Live together, communitys Meerkat

  11. (Camelusdromedarius), (Camelusbactrianus), Bactrian, two Dromedary, one Hump hint LONG periods no water Camel

  12. (Scorpiones) Members of class Arachnida Closely related to spiders, mites, and ticks Some have venomous sting Scorpions

  13. (Canislatrans) Often mistaken for domestic dogs Bushy tail, black tip Fur- light brown to grayish Coyote

  14. (Acanthophispyrrhus) Doesn’t strike unless touched Active at night Wouldn’t retreat, stay motionless Desert Death adder

  15. Desert foodchain

  16. Development -negative & positive I think… -More national parks -help preserve Phoenix, Arizona Human interference

  17. Personally, I have learned so much about a part of the world I never gave much thought to. If it weren’t for this project, I probably would never have looked into the desert. I’m really glad I got to study this fascinating biome. Thank you! summary

  18. avru.org mbgnet.net blueplanetbiomes.org/desert.htm Images found on Google Images Resources

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