Desert Biome

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Desert Biome
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ANIMALS

• JAVELINA
• SCORPION
• CAMEL OTHERS INCLUDE
• SNAKES, LIZZARDS
• QUAIL, OWLS
• HAWKS, COYOTES
• ANTELOPE,GEMS BOK

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FACTS ABOUT ANIMALS

• SOME HAVE HUMPS OR LARGE BELLYS TO STORE WATER
• MOST ARE ABLE TO GO MANY DAYS WITHOUT WATER
• THE ANTELOPE CAN RUN UP TO 60 M.P.H
• MOST ANIMALS ARE NOCTERNAL BECAUSE ITS COOLER AT
  NIGHT

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VEGITATION

• CACTI MESQUITE
• OTHERS INCLUDE
• SHRUBS, BARREL CACTUS
• YUCCA, YELLOW DAISYS

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VEGATATION

• YELLOW DAISY IN BLOOM
• MOST PLANTS HAVE GROUND ROOTS TO SUCK UP WATER
  FAST
• SOME STORE WATER LIKE A CAMEL(BARREL CACTUS)
• SOME STAY GREEN YEAR ROUND, DEPENDING ON THE
  WEATHER

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CLIMATE

• AVERAGE RAINFALL IS TEN INCHES A YEAR
• 40TO 50 DEGREES AT NIGHT, 100 AT DAY TIME
• When there is a good rain the yellow daisies
  bloom

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Famous deserts

• Hot and Dry
• Sahara Desert
• Death Valley
• The EMPTY QUARTER
• The Mojave
• The Sonoran

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Nocturnal Environment

• This rat is just 1 of many nocturnal
  animals
• Most animals hunt at night because its cooler,
  and harder to see
• The armadillo, and badger are also nocturnal

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More Plants

• The chain fruit cholla
• Desert iron wood
• ocotillo

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Animals

• Coyote
• Quail
• Rattlesnake
• Kangaroo

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Source page

• www.mgbnet.net/sets/desert/index.htmp
• http//www.blueplanetbiomes.org/desert_plant_page.
  htm

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• THE END
• BY Marshall M.
• Science p.1
• slideshow