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By: Jeff Maxson, Matt Gray, Jager Illingsworth , and Sam Ensling. desert. Eastern Africa Eastern North America Asia Australia Northern Africa Southern Africa Eastern south America. Geographer (Where deserts are found). The soil in the desert is: Coarse Light Colored High in minerals

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  1. By: Jeff Maxson, Matt Gray, Jager Illingsworth, and Sam Ensling desert

  2. Eastern Africa Eastern North America Asia Australia Northern Africa Southern Africa Eastern south America Geographer (Where deserts are found)

  3. The soil in the desert is: Coarse Light Colored High in minerals Low vegetation The soil can turn to sandstone with heat and pressure. Geographer (Soil)

  4. Most often above sea level Some mountains many valleys Geographer (Elevation)

  5. Some mountains Mostly flat land Some water Many bowl shaped land forms called basins Geographer (Land forms)

  6. Geography Pictures of landforms

  7. What is the growing season here? Night temperature drops to 30 Day temperature rises to 120 during the summer During the winter can drop to 32 Botanist

  8. Hard to grow plants in the deserts not enough rain, soil is poor, too hot Common plants – shrubs (small bush) Cacti (leafless plants with thick stems needle like spines) Saguaro cactus (canon cactus in US thick upward growing branches Grows in Sonoran Desert Yuccas (evergreen plants with tall, thick steams botanist

  9. What is the reprodution of the plants here? They fly away and land somwhere else and grow botanist

  10. Describe the types of succession that can occur in the biome if any. Small grasses colonize in spare spots More grasses and possibly some other plants as sand dune stabilizes Bushes colonize a fear cacti colonize Cacti increase in number and type Cacti form full community with variety of types and age classes botanist

  11. Botanist pictures of plants

  12. Desert animals ad how they survive in the desert . Desert animals (zoologist)

  13. What class of animals that live in the desert. Not many mammals. What class of animals that live in the desert.

  14. The small animals ( mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and insects) that strive off each other in the desert. Food web

  15. Animals have adapted by being able to take small amounts of water in there system and stay cool. Most animals hunt at night because it’s the coolest time and its usually when more animals( prey ) are out. Have adapted different ways to go with out water for a while. Adaption

  16. Desert Animals

  17. Mutualism usually accrues in the desert Zoologist mutualism

  18. Lots of lizards Mamels Insects What animals live in the desert

  19. Rain, cactus, and underground water Average range of 68 - 77 degrees Max temperature is 136 degrees Climate of little rain and high temperatures Meteorologist

  20. Gets up to 136 degrees f Very cold at night Meteorologist (weather)

  21. Sand dunes up to 2 stories tall Mountains and sand dunes are were the highest elevations are elevation

  22. Up to 20 centimeters of rain a year Rain level

  23. weather

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