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THE DESERT !!!!!!!!!

Desert plants!!!!!!!!
The desert is a very dry and barren place with little plants. But the plants we found include cacti which can survive in the desert because it shrinks when it doesn't have water .The Joshua Tree can also survive because its spine shields from the sun. Octillios which are lifeless for most of the year. The desert ironwood.The living rock.The soaptree yucca.The triangle leaf bursage. The pancake prickly pear cactus. The chainfruit cholla, the Jumping cholla,and the Mojave aster are all desert plants. === Human impact on the desert!!! People are hurting the desert by killing endangered animals,and takeing over the land. People are now starting to care about the desert and are helping to save it by making hunting illegal.=== = = = = = The Different types of deserts!!!!! = = There are both hot and cold deserts.Some deserts that are hot can reach 140 Fahrenheit. Some cold deserts can reach below 32 Fahrenheit. = == = = = =

== = A desert is a place that gets little or no precipitation a year.For an area to be considered a desert it has to get less than 10 in. of precipitation a year. =



Animals of the desert!!!!!!!
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= = = = Some of the animals of the desert can be: = = = = =1. The Jewel Wasp. 2. The Green Desert Toad. = =3. The Thorny Devil. = =4. Vulturene Guinea Fowl. = =5. Camel = = 6.The ground beetle 7.The webbed footed gecko 8.The Arabian Oryx 9.The African elephant and 10.The pygmy falcon = = Most animals of the desert adapt by making burrows to get out of the heat. Almost all of the desert animals are consumers. = = =

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Created by: Nancy Jo Robinson & Faith Deweese 6th Grade