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1 What is a desert?

1 A desert is a vast area of land that receives minimal precipitation and vegetation and includes some rare animals. Home

What are the four types of deserts and where can they be located? 2 What are the four types of deserts and where can they be located?

2 The cold desert (Antarctica), hot and dry deserts (Sahara), semi-arid deserts (Caatinga in Brazil), and coastal deserts (Atacama in South America). Home

3 Give some examples of plants and animals that can be found in the desert.

3 Plants- cacti, Joshua tree, prickly pear Animals- sand rat, coyote, fox, lizard Home

What is a way that plants retain their water? 4 What is a way that plants retain their water?

4 Desert plants retain water by having waxy leaves, making it difficult for transpiration to occur. Home

What did the Desert Protection Bill do in 1994? 5 What did the Desert Protection Bill do in 1994?

5 The bill allowed monuments such as Death Valley, Joshua Tree and Mojave to become protected national parks. Home

6 Please provide 3+ of how humans are negatively effecting the environment.

6 People are driving through deserts leaving tracks, destroying vegetation, water mining from reservoirs, atomic testing, underground aquifiers, and trenching with pipelines, which are all bad for deserts. Home

What are some endangered species? Name at least 3. 7 What are some endangered species? Name at least 3.

7 Examples include the gazelle, Oryx, addax, Arabian Tahr, Barbary Sheep, and Asian Houbara Bustard Home

About how much rain do deserts get? Why are deserts near the equator? 8 About how much rain do deserts get? Why are deserts near the equator?

8 Deserts receive less than 50 cm of rainfall annually. Deserts receive the most direct heat, drying out the land because they are nearest to the sun. Home

How many main deserts are in the United States? What are they called? 9 How many main deserts are in the United States? What are they called?

There are 4 deserts; the Mojave, Great Basin, Sonoran, and Chihuahuan. 9 There are 4 deserts; the Mojave, Great Basin, Sonoran, and Chihuahuan. Home

10 Why do deserts have such a large temperature gap between night and day?

10 Deserts are so barren that there is no vegetation around to stabilize the environment; heat is not retained Home

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