Desert
By : Jaime Pope , Miyah Cobey , Sammi johnson
Climate
The desert climate varies from different temperatures the average 38 Celsius (day -3.9 (night) and for the precipitation 250 mm of rain per year in different places.
World Location
30 degrees latitude north and 30 degrees latitude south
vegetation
More flowers then you would expect. Adaptations to environment is protective waxy coat long roots, survive in dry desert with barley any water.
Intesrsting Information
Antarctica is the largest desert in the world. Google hired a camel to create the street.
Snakes
The Rattlesnakes are the most famous of desert snakes. The snake in the picture is a Western Diamondback Rattlesnake.
Horned Lizard
Horned toad or horny toad, these animals are not in any sense toads but true lizards.
Prery Dogs
Prery dogs are rodents that live in the deserts. They live in burrows with one male in charge and several women and then offspring ,
Soil
The deserts nutrient rich soil takes decades to form . The soil is also very fragile .
Human impact on deserts
Humans have little to none interactions . The negative impacts of the human race are :
• livestock from near by people eat the very few plants and animals in the desert .
• Mining for gold
• Sometimes nuclear waste dumped in desert biomes
The Desert Biome
References
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desert biome. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.thewildclassroom.com/biomes/desert.html
desert facts 13 fats about the desert. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.factslides.com/s-Desert
http://www.earthobserveratory.nasa.gov/Experiments/Biomes/boidesert.php
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go.galegroup.com/desertcampaingecaringforafragileenviroment
http://comeseethenamib.weebly.com/human-impact.html