DESERT

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

GEOGRAPHER (WHERE DESERTS ARE FOUND)

Eastern Africa Eastern North

America Asia Australia Northern Africa Southern Africa Eastern south America

GEOGRAPHER (SOIL)

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 (ELEVATION)

Most often above sea level Some mountains many valleys

GEOGRAPHER (LAND FORMS)

Some mountains Mostly flat land Some water Many bowl shaped land forms called

basins

GEOGRAPHY PICTURES OF LANDFORMS

BOTANIST

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 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

What is the reprodution of the plants here?

They fly away and land somwhere else and grow

BOTANIST 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 PICTURES OF PLANTS

DESERT ANIMALS (ZOOLOGIST)

Desert animals ad how they survive in the desert .

WHAT CLASS OF ANIMALS THAT LIVE IN THE DESERT.

What class of animals that live in the desert.

Not many mammals.

FOOD WEB

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

ADAPTION

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.

DESERT ANIMALS

ZOOLOGIST MUTUALISM

Mutualism usually accrues in the desert

WHAT ANIMALS LIVE IN THE DESERT

Lots of lizards Mamels Insects

METEOROLOGIST

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

temperatures

METEOROLOGIST (WEATHER)

Gets up to 136 degrees f Very cold at night

ELEVATION

Sand dunes up to 2 stories tall Mountains and sand dunes are were

the highest elevations are

RAIN LEVEL

Up to 20 centimeters of rain a year

WEATHER