The Dry

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• The Dry

By Alison Carrier and Amanda Campos
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Lots of Location

• Deserts on Earth are located between 30 degrees
  latitude north and 30 degrees latitude south.
• Deserts are located on the continents of North
  America, Australia, Africa, and Asia.
• The five largest desert include the Sahara, Gobi,
  Kalahari, Great Victoria, and the Great Sandy.

Above All of the Yellow Sections Are Deserts
Around the World
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Hot Day, Cool Night
Hot Days, Cold Nights -During the day the
temperature excels to to 100 degrees F. -At night
the temperature drops down to the 40s and 50s
degrees F. -There are actually two different
types of desert. They are HOT DESERT and COLD
DESERT. -They hot deserts main precipitation is
rain, but they still get less than 25cm. -The
Cold Desert is colder than the hot desert and
they main precipitation is snow.
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Precipitation Power!
Perception Power
-Deserts are the driest biome on earth. -They
receive less than 10 in. per year! -Even the
wettest deserts get less than 25 cm per year!
-Deserts the driest biomes on Earth. -Deserts
receive less than 10 in. per year! -Even the
wettest deserts receive less than 10 in. per year!
Above is a chart of the perception of all of the
biomes on Earth.
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• Desert animals have to be able to survive in
  harsh climates.
• Desert animal include the addax, Cactus Wren,
  Desert Lark, Dingo, Fat Sand Rat, Fennec Fox,
  Gila Monster, Great Jerboa, Great Mouse Tailed
  Rat, Lappet-face Vulture, Sidewinder, and the
  Thorny Devil.

Above is the Gila Monster and below is the Thorny
Devil
Above is the Dingo and below is the Great Jerboa
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• Plants that survive the desert include Saguaro,
  Barrel Cactus, Old Man Cactus, Prickly Pear
  Cactus, Dragon Tree, Fish Hook Cactus, Ocotillo,
  Desert Spoon,Aloe, Joshua Tree, and Yucca.
• Plants that live in the desert have to adapt to
  the hot desert climate.

Above from left to right,old man cactus, Aloe
Below The Joshua Tree
Above is the prickly pear cactus below from left
to right Saguaro, Yucca.
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Fast Facts

• Deserts are the driest biome on Earth. They
  receive less than 10 in. per year!
• One fifth of the Earth are Deserts!
• Believe it or not deserts get rain. When they
  get rain they get FLASH FLOODS!

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Have You Been Listening?

• 1 The average temperature at night is ______
  degrees F.
• 2 True or False the desert is the driest
  biome.
• 3 How much precipitation does a desert receive?
• 4 True or False There are deserts in Africa
• 5 The two types of deserts are the___ and
  the___ desert.

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Work Cited

• http//mbgnet.mobot.org/sets/desert/
• www.google.com/images
• Glencoe McGraw-Hill, Science Voyages Life and
  Physical Voyages New York, 2001
• www.blueplanetbiomes.org/desert.htm
• www.enchantedlearning.com/biomes/desert/desert.sht
  ml
• www.worldbiomes.com/biomes_desert.htm