Transcript Desert - Ohio County Schools

Desert
By: Madison, Erin, and Chevy
Map of the Desert
Desert Climate
• The temperature range is about 20-25 degrees
Celcius in most hot and dry deserts.
• It does not rain much at all in deserts… less
than 30 cm a year in most. It snows in cold
deserts.
• It is hot and dry in the summer and cooler at
night with clear skies.
Desert Animals
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Kangaroo rat
Jack rabbit
Antelope ground squirrels
Skunk
Coyote
Burrowing owl
Camel
Great horned owl
Golden eagle
Rattlesnake
Camels can store water in their fat and skin keeps them cool
Desert Plants
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Desert grass
Prickly pears
Cacti
Yucca plants
Turpentine bush
Brittle bush
Tumbleweeds
Mexican poppies
Cacti hold water in their leaves
Geography
• There is sand in most deserts. There are not
many plants. The soil is coarse in some
deserts.
• There are mountains in some deserts.
Interesting Facts
• There are deserts in every continent but
Europe.
• There are cold deserts in Antarctica.
• It is very chilly at night in deserts because of
the clear skies.
Living Conditions
• It would be hard to live in the desert because
of the hot temperatures during the day and
cold at night.
• There is limited food and water.
How to survive
• You could eat rabbits and the grasses. We
found water by getting it from a cactus.
• Our shelter would be a small tent.
Sources
• https://www.reference.com/geography/count
ries-deserts-located-5ff89dd1607cc2
• http://ucmp.berkeley.edu/glossary/gloss5/bio
me/deserts.html
• Living in the Enviornment AP Edition Textbook