By : Sebastian Arizpe

A sand dune in the desert

• Less than 50 centimeters of rain a year• Very dry• Very hot• Little plant and animal life

The desert

• In winter the temperature is 41 degrees• In summer the temperature is 55 to 75

degrees• Very little rain

The average weather

• Australia• Southwest USA• Southwest Africa• North Africa

Location of deserts

• Must adapt to low water climate• Joshua trees• Prickly pears• Cacti• Sage bush

Cacti

• Rattlesnake• Gila monster• Scorpion• Coyote• Roadrunner

scorpion

Gila monster

• Prickly pear->Jackrabbit-> Coyote

Prickly pear jackrabbit coyote

• Covers one-fifth of Earth’s surface• There are multiple types of deserts : cold

and dry, and hot and dry

• World biomes• Biomes• Biomes and more• More about biomes• Encyclopedia Britannica online school

edition• Deserts and polar regions around the world

by : Jen Green

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