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The World B iomes the Desert. By E mmi N orris and Scout P ierce. Temperature and Climate, Rainfall. the temperature in a hot desert is 64 F Rainfall in the dry desert is 1 inch per year Rainfall in the cold and temperature desert is 10 inches per year
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The World Biomes the Desert By EmmiNorris and Scout Pierce
Temperatureand Climate, Rainfall the temperature in a hot desert is 64 F Rainfall in the dry desert is 1 inch per year Rainfall in the cold and temperature desert is 10 inches per year Very cold at night in a dry desert Hot and dry
Animals Mountain lion Sondra pronghorn antelope Javelin Kangaroo rat Glia monster Cactus ferruginous pygmy owl
Javelin Is a pig or a wild boar They have tusks that point downward 46 to 60 inches tall They can be up to 60lb.
Kangaroo Rat They can jump 9 feet Lives 2-5 years 4.5 ounces Their burrow is under a bush or shrubs
Plants Desert ironwood Jumping Cholla Triangle leaf Burge The saguaro cactus Barrel cactus Brittle bush
Jumping Cholla Each needle has hunderds of micross scales They cause a lot of pain 1 root can have many plants attacted
Brittle Bush They can be 2 to 5 feet tall 1 to 4 long Their flowers are from March to June They can make glue or gum
Insects Hairy scorpion Wind scorpion (sun spider) Plume moth The cicada Damselfly Sphinx caterpiller
Wind Scorpion It can 3 inches long It moves very fast The bit is very painful It eats a hole moth in 20 minutes
Cicada They feed on leaves They can sing loud enough you can loose your hearing More than 1,500 species
Land forms There are the oasis Mesas Dunes Buttes Arroyos
oasis Is a little spring of water in the middle of the desert
arroyos Arroyos are dried up steams that made canyons
Picture References www.blueplanetbiomes.org.webloc www.whatsthatbug.com.webloc en.wikipedia.org Google tucsoncitizen.com.webloc