Transcript Deserts - Fredericksburg Academy

By: Maggie Carmody
Team Members:
Meghan Eilenfield, Bobby Glance, Barrett Renyolds & Maggie Carmody
DESERTS
WHERE ARE DESERTS LOCATED?
Deserts all over the world
 Many 30 degrees latitude, north 30 degrees
latitude south
 Biggest deserts- Sahara, Gobi, Kalahari
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DESERT CLIMATE
Hot and dry, semiarid, costal, cold
 Night cool, 40’s & 50’s
 Day hot, 100 degrees
 Very dry, less than 10 in. precipitation yearly
 Little plant life
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DESERT CLIMATE
Cold, 35-39 winter, 69-78 summer
 Snowfall, more rain
 Antarctica, Greenland, Nearctic realm
 Little plant life, same animals - burrow
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DESERT PLANTS
Hot
 Few, don’t need much water
 Cacti, shrubs, grasses
 Birdcage plants, brittlebush, spinifex grasses,
yucca
 Tumbleweed not native, Asian
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BARREL CACTUS
(Ferocactus wislizenii)
 Compass cactus -same
 5-11 ft. tall
 Cylinder body
 Pulp, water
BRITTLEBUSH
(Encelia farinosa)
 Medium, round shrub
 Long, oval, leaves, silver-green, fuzzy
 Brittle branches, resin –has smell
 Late winter, early spring, yellow blossoms
YUCCA
(Yucca)
 South USA, Mexico, West Indies
 Poisonous leaves
 Blooms small, white-purple blossoms
DESERTS ANIMALS
Similar, hot, cold
 Burrow, heat, cool
 Rodents, snakes
 Camels
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MEERKAT
(Suricata suricatta)
 Burrow, stay cool
 Mongooses, upright-famed
 Live together, communitys
CAMEL
(Camelus dromedarius), (Camelus bactrianus),
 Bactrian, two
 Dromedary, one
 Hump hint
 LONG periods no water
SCORPIONS
(Scorpiones)
 Members of class Arachnida
 Closely related to spiders, mites, and ticks
 Some have venomous sting
COYOTE
(Canis latrans)
 Often mistaken for domestic dogs
 Bushy tail, black tip
 Fur- light brown to grayish
DESERT DEATH ADDER
(Acanthophis pyrrhus)
 Doesn’t strike unless touched
 Active at night
 Wouldn’t retreat, stay motionless
DESERT FOODCHAIN
HUMAN INTERFERENCE
Development
-negative & positive
 I think…
-More national parks
-help preserve
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Phoenix, Arizona
SUMMARY
Personally, I have learned so much about a part
of the world I never gave much thought to. If it
weren’t for this project, I probably would never
have looked into the desert. I’m really glad I got
to study this fascinating biome. Thank you!
RESOURCES
avru.org
mbgnet.net
blueplanetbiomes.org/desert.htm
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