1. By: Jaz’Shawna M. Little

2. Some deserts are found by mountains and are caused by rain shadow effect as air moves over the mountain range so it loses ability to hold moisture

3.  Deserts are very hot in the day time. It usually is a 100 degrees Fahrenheit, but at night the same desert can have temperatures fall into the 40s or 50s.

5.  It is sandy and mostly dry and has very few trees.

6. Addax Cactus wren Dingo Fat sand rat Fennec FoxJerboa

7. Lappet – Faced Vulture sidewinder Thorny devil Great- mouse tailed bat

8. saguaroBarrel cactus Old man cactus Prickly pear cactus Dragon tree Fish hooked cactus

9. Desert Spoon Century plant Chia Dogbane

10. * Approximately 1/3 of the Earth’s land surface is a desert. * Some deserts are hot and some deserts are cold.