Desert Biomes

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Desert Biomes

• What is a biome? You may ask. A biome is an
  entire community of living organisms in a single
  major ecological region.

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Climate

• The rainfall is 10 in. or less each year.The day
  temperature is 128F. The night temperature
  is 381F.

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Animal Life

• The animal life in the desert is veryactive you
  could say.There are animals such as lizards,
  hawks, snakes, bats,rats,and scorpions.

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Desert Life Video

• There is a lot of information in this video.
• Click picture to start video.

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Vegetation

• The vegetation in deserts are pretty odd.They
  have special adaptations that allow them to
  survive in extreme heat.their adaptations include
  them physical mutations and evolution like a
  cactus it can store water in its insides to
  survive long droughts that could last 2 or longer
  years.

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10 Interesting Facts

• Interesting Fact1
• There are 9 major deserts.
• Interesting Fact 2
• Mountains on the edge of deserts prevent rain
  from entering.The rain stays on the other side of
  the mountain creating rain forests next to many
  deserts.These deserts are called rain shadows.

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Interesting Facts (Continued)

• Interesting Fact3
• There are deserts on every continent in the world
  except for Europe.
• Interesting Fact4
• A typical daytime is about 100 F.

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Interesting Facts (Continued)

• Interesting Fact5
• The Gobi Desert in Asia is cold most of the year.
• Interesting Fact6
• Deserts are second only to tropical rainforests
  in the variety of plants and animals that live
  there.
• Interesting Fact7
• Cold ocean currents are related to desert
  formations.
• Interesting Fact8
• The desert belt is along the Tropic of Cancer and
  the Tropic of Capricorn.

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Interesting Facts (Continued)

• Interesting Fact9
• The highest sand dune recorded as in the Sahara
  Desert was 1410 feet tall.
• Interesting Fact10
• Desert areas are being threatened by a rapid
  population growth.

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Credits

• Thank you to the following sites.
• http//oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/as/educatio
  n/projects/webunits/biomes/dfacts.html
• http//www.desertusa.com/mag04/jan/wildpt1.html
• And www.google.com
• And www.klrn.org
• 6. And thank you once again for all of the
  links and info.

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End

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Credits

• By
• Jon Hansen