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Tropical Desert

Tropical Desert. By Gianna Famolare. Other Common Names. Desert Hot Desert BWh (Koppen Climate Classification) Hot and Dry Desert. Where are Tropical Deserts?. Climate. 20°-25° C Highest temperatures: 43.5°- 49° C Rain Short periods of rain between longer dry periods

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Tropical Desert

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  1. Tropical Desert By Gianna Famolare

  2. Other Common Names • Desert • Hot Desert • BWh (Koppen Climate Classification) • Hot and Dry Desert

  3. Where are Tropical Deserts?

  4. Climate • 20°-25° C • Highest temperatures: 43.5°- 49° C • Rain • Short periods of rain between longer dry periods • <15 cm of rain per year • Extremely hot summers, moderately hot spring, fall and winters

  5. Examples: Prickly Pears Brittle Bush Yuccas Ocotillo False Mesquite Sotol Ephedras Agaves Adaptations Low to ground Short Store/Use water efficiently Longer roots Conserving water Few plants in this biome Tropical Desert Plants

  6. Plant Images Prickly Pears Agave  Yuccas

  7. Examples Kangaroo Rats Mourning Wheatears Horned Vipers Camel Desert Foxes Hawks Insects Lizards Adaptations Small Mechanisms to keep cool Store/Use water efficiently Burrowers Tropical Desert Animals

  8. Animal Images Hawk  Horned Viper  Kangaroo Rat 

  9. Human Impacts • Global warming - drought, dries up water sources • Grazing animals can destory the few plants • Waste from oil, gas, nuclear power plants disrupts desert • Reduction in diversity (esp. mammals)

  10. Bibliography • "Deserts: Arid But Full of Life." National Geographic. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Feb. 2014. • "The Desert Biome." The Desert Biome. University of California Museum of Paleontology, n.d. Web. 12 Feb. 2014. • Bardo, Matt. "Desert Diversity Cut by 'human Activities'" BBC News. BBC, 09 July 2012. Web. 13 Feb. 2014. • "Desert Threats." National Geographic. National Geographic, n.d. Web. 13 Feb. 2014. • Images • http://science.jrank.org/kids/pages/63/FITTING-ALL-TOGETHER.html • http://www.saguaro-juniper.com/i_and_i/agavesNyuccas/agavesNyuccas.htm • http://www.herrinhs.org/Teachers/EricJohns/CHA07/Noah%20Quinton/Prickly%20Pear/Prickly%20Pear%20site.htm • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kangaroo_rat • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agave_shawii • http://www.flickr.com/photos/sam2cents/3016205567/ • http://www.mojavedesertlandtrust.org/know.php • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Koppen_World_Map_BWh.png

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