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Desert

Desert. RaQuel Williams and India Eppes. About the desert. Hot and Dry Low down plants Animals have to burrow underground or come out at night. Location and characteristics. Covers one fifth of earth’s land surface Little rainfall Location : Africa. What lives in the desert.

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Desert

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  1. Desert RaQuel Williams and India Eppes

  2. About the desert • Hot and Dry • Low down plants • Animals have to burrow underground or come out at night

  3. Location and characteristics • Covers one fifth of earth’s land surface • Little rainfall • Location: Africa

  4. What lives in the desert • Barrel Cactus • Brittle Bush • Desert Ironwood • Soaptree Yucca • Jumping Cholla • Pancake Pricky Pear Cactus • Bobcats • Armadillo Lizard • Catcus Wren • Coyote • Thorny Devil • Desert Kangaroo Rat

  5. aBiotic factors • Lots of sand • Sunlight • Vegetation is rare

  6. Food web

  7. Species diversity and names • Triangle-Leaf Bursage(Deltoidea) • Palo Verde(Microphyllum) • Mojave Aster(Tortifolia) • Desert Bighorn Sheep(CanadenisNelsoni) • Banded Gila Monster( SuspectumCinetum) • Desert Tortoise (Agassizii)

  8. Competition for resources • Fighting • Making Noise • Courting

  9. adaption to habitat • Deal with heat and sun • Lack of water • Intense temp during night and day • Rely on bird seeds • Underground for 9mths • Come out at night • Long hears for coolness

  10. Human influence • Humans mine under the surface of the desert for the water • Once water is gone..Its not coming back

  11. Conservation projects • Mojave National Preserve • Last Chance Canyon • California Desert Conservation area

  12. Interesting facts • Largest animal in the desert: Camel..its stores most water • Most likely to be dehydrated • While in the desert the following can happen: HeatStrokes • Faintness,dizziness,dry skin,thirst,and nausea

  13. Tourist attraction • Las Vegas

  14. quiz • Can you drown in the desert? • How can you adapt to the habitats in the desert? • What is one interesting fact about this biome? • What is human influence on this biome? • What are health concerns that can happen in this biome?

  15. Works cited • http://ths.sps.lane.edu/biomes/desert3.html • http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/progams/public_lands/desert/califronia_desert_conservation_area/index.html

  16. Raquel & India

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