Desert

Alma MunozMr. C

Climate

• In hot deserts rock surfaces reach 70oC or 80oC at midday and cool down to freezing point at midnight

• In cold desert, rainfall is frozen at night in winter. When water goes into the sand , the dirt cracks because of the humidity.

Desert Features

• Sand covers only about 20 percent of the Earth's deserts.

• Rain does fall rarely in deserts, and desert storms are often violent

• Some desert plants store water in their leaves, roots, and stems.

• Lakes form where rainfall or meltwater forms where it accumulates.

Interesting places to visit and important cities/areas

Arizona New Mexico

Texas

Any other exciting things • Animals in the desert eat plants and each other to

survive• Many feed on the roots, stems, leaves, and seeds of

plants• Some animals get enough water from their food,

but others must travel to water holes • Camels are the most well known desert animals

because they can cross the desert better than any other animal.

Websites

• http://www.defenders.org/wildlife_and_habitat/habitat/desert.php?lb_v=7• http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/deserts/features/