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(Is the temperature ice, cold, nice, warm, or hot?)
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Get out your crossword from yesterday & flip it to the BACK for your DESERT NOTES!!!
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3. Deserts have these qualities:
Precipitation is low and limited
Evaporation exceeds precipitation (Rain dries out very fast)
Light vegetation (few plants) & clear skies
Most animals are small and nocturnal (come out at night)
Hot days – Cool nights!!
CLIMATE:
Precipitation-
Less than 25 cm yearly (10 inches)
Average Temperature-
Summer: 38ºC (100ºF)
Winter: 7ºC (45ºF)

4. Tropical Desert – Types of Deserts
hot all year, few plants, wind-blown surfaces
EX: Sahara

5. Types of Deserts Temperate Deserts –
Daytime temperatures hot in summer & cool in winter
EX: The Mojave Desert

6. Warm summers & cold, cold winters EX: The Gobi Desert
Types of Deserts
Cool Desert –
Warm summers & cold, cold winters
EX: The Gobi Desert
Brrr…It’s cold here

7. Plants & Animals
Plants: shallow, wide-spread roots; Cacti- fleshy stems and leaves to store water; Waxy coating to prevent water loss; tumbleweeds, flowering plants
Animals:
Tropical Desert: scorpion, thorny devil, camels, etc.
Cool Desert: wolves, snow leopard, gazelles, golden eagles, camels, jerboa

9. Desert Food Web

10. Camel Adaptations
**List as many adaptations you can as you watch this clip!! (Compete w/ peers to see who gets the most!)

11. Camel Adaptations Padded feet= traction to help walk in sand
Padded chest= Able to lay on chest to rest
Travel in caravans (groups)
Strong backs able to carry up to 400 pounds
Thick lips= helps eat sticks/bones/sharp cacti, etc.
Long, thick, double eyelashes= helps keep sand out of eyes
Shaggy fur= insulates body to help regulate temperature; Keeps camel from sweating and losing water

12. How do animals see in the dark? (TedEd)