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Expanding Desert and Drought

Expanding Desert and Drought. Justin F. and Caitlin Y. What is a Drought???. Drought: A long period of abnormally low rainfall, which effects growing and living conditions. What is a desert???. Desert; a region with very little rain, no or little vegetation. Why are deserts expanding???.

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Expanding Desert and Drought

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  1. Expanding Desert and Drought Justin F. and Caitlin Y.

  2. What is a Drought??? Drought: A long period of abnormally low rainfall, which effects growing and living conditions.

  3. What is a desert??? Desert;a region with very little rain, no or little vegetation.

  4. Why are deserts expanding??? Why Are there more droughts??? Deserts are expanding and there are more Droughts because of global warming.

  5. What is global warming??? Global warming is the increase of the normal temperature of the earths atmosphere. It is caused by the burning of fossil fuels which releases CO2. The building of green house gasses as well.

  6. Global warming graph Because of these reasons global warming is caused

  7. Desert Facts!!! The odd time that it rains in the desert it pours very heavily. The desert is the hottest habitat on the earth. It can be over 100 degrees. Some deserts may be called “Death Valley” or “ the place with no return”. Deserts cover one third of the Earth’s surface. The Sahara is the largest desert in the world.

  8. World Map Of Deserts

  9. Animals and Plants in the Desert Kangaroo Rat Bighorn Sheep Cactus Sage And many more… Scorpion Camel

  10. Drought facts!!! • Droughts are effecting many places all over the world. • In some places there is no water at all and many people die because of it. • It is very hard to prevent droughts because usually they are caused by lack of rainfall.

  11. Expanding Desert and Drought Prevention Quiz!!! Question #1 True or False… We can help prevent global warming by polluting as much as possible??? False

  12. Question #2 Multiple Choice… Which of the following does not help decrease expanding deserts and droughts??? • Reduce, Recycle and Reuse • Burning Fossil Fuels • Shut The Lights Off When no One is in The Room • Get Your Name Off The Junk Mail List

  13. Question #3 True or False…It is hard to prevent expanding deserts and more droughts??? False

  14. Question #4 Multiple Choice…Which of the following helps prevent expanding desert and drought. A. Do not litter B. Turn down the temperature 2° C. Fill up your washing machine D. All of the above

  15. Question #5 True or False…Each time you turn on the T.V you are contributing to expanding deserts and droughts. True

  16. http://sierraactivist.org/albums/drought/aaa.jpg http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=drought http://www.earthaction.org/en/archive/96-08-cich/alert.html http://www.in.gov/idem/soe/99report/air/Global%20warming%20CO2%20emissions.gif References http://hypertextbook.com/physics/thermal/thermo-second/thermal-pollution.jpg http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/1848/global.html

  17. Refrences! 1.stahlforce.com/.../ 2-1024-rock-desert-mars.jpg 2.www.irtc.org/ftp/pub/ stills/1998-10-31/plemv8.jpg 3.www.in.gov/idem/soe/ 99report/air/Global%20war... 4.www.stalbans.gov.uk/.../ global-warming.gif 5.www.stalbans.gov.uk/.../ global-warming.gif

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