Desert

Location

Climate Precipitation Winter 1 inch Summer 1 ½ inch Temperature Winter 45 degrees Summer 85 degrees

Plants Saguaro cactus Prickly pear Cane cholla cactus flower Sand verbena

Animals Coyote Zebra tailed lizard Chinchilla Road runner Desert iguana

Decomposers Mold Fungi Bacteria Licen

Food chain

Natural changes Wild fires Wild fires can hurt and effect animals habitat by burning plants and animals homes. It can also effect the circle of life.

Human effect Humans can interfere with animals and plants habitat by building buildings on animals homes, forcing them to find a new one.

Adaptations Every year a woodpecker would make a hole in the cactus, and that becomes there nest.

Endangered animals Bison Buffalo Prairie dogs Black bear Mexican wolf Humming bird

facts Desert’s don’t always have to be hot. Some desert’s are cold. The word desert really means little precipitation There many deserts …. Like the mojave desert and the sonoran desert

quiz What is one natural change that you have heard in our presentation? What is an animal that you can name in the desert?