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Title: The Mojave Desert


1
The Mojave Desert
  • By Emily Cordle

2
Biomes
  • A biome is a large geographical area of plants
    and animals that have adapted to live there.

3
Where it Is on a map.
4
Consumers, Producers, and Decomposers.
  • Producer- Creosote bush, Desert flower, Desert
    sand verbena, Joshua tree, and the Mesquite tree.
  • Consumer- Big horn sheep, chuckwalla,
  • Coyote, Jackrabbit, Sidewinder snake,
  • And a zebra tailed lizard.
  • Decomposer- the earth worm, and the
  • Dung beetle.

5
The climate and terrain of the



Mojave Desert
  • It is very hot in the desert it can sometime
    get up to 100-110 degrees. But at night it can
    get down to the low 40s or the50s at night. The
    terrain of the Mojave desert is covered by sand,
    gravel, and clay. Many mountains ranges, basins
    and large expanses of salt flats.

6
Carnivores, Herbivores,and omnivores
  • Two carnivores are the Coyote and the
  • Sidewinder.
  • Two herbivores are the kangaroo rat and
  • The white-tailed antelope ground squirrel.
  • Two omnivore are the coyote and the
  • Raven.

7
Desert food chain

8
Food Web
9
Food pyramid
10
Fun Facts about the Mojave desert !
  • A Joshua tree is a large desert plant
  • with spiky leaves it also has a fruit which
  • is food to some desert animals.
  • There are over 250 kinds of wildflowers
  • can bloom in the spring.
  • A desert tortoise can survive without for
  • a long time.

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THE END!
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