3. Definitions

4. Plants

5. Animals

6. Desert Facts

7. The Movie

8. Miscellaneous

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10. An Arid region with little or no vegetation

11. Desert

12. Temporary rivers that carry water from the mountains

13. Wash

14. Lakes that are dry for most of the year

15. Playa

16. Where mountain erosion accumulates

17. Bajada

18. The Latin word for “abondon”

19. Deserere

20. A desert bush that grows in salty areas

21. Salt Bush

22. The invasive species that we talked about in class

23. Cheat- Brome Grass

24. A large plant the grows to tree like proportions

25. Yucca

26. True trees found in the Chihuahuan desert

27. Pine Oak Juniper

28. How many species of flowering plant are found in the sonoran desert

29. 250

30. The group that scorpions and tarantulas are in

31. Arachnids

32. The most venomous snake in the U.S.

33. Mojave Rattlesnake

34. 2 animals (that we discussed) that live in the Great Basin Desert

35. Mule Deer Pronghorn Antelope

36. Chews to get its venom into its prey

37. Gila Monster

38. 2 Types of venoms found in rattlesnakes

39. Neurotoxin Hemotoxin

40. It is the largest desert in the world

41. Sahara

42. Where the Kalahari squirrel lives

43. Kalahari Desert

44. Where mountains block moisture on the ocean side, thus making the other side dry

45. Rain Shadow

46. Has types of true trees in it (Pine, Oak, Juniper)

47. Chihuahuan

48. The “other” desert in Africa

49. Nambi

50. How do Bactriah camels get water?

51. Eat Snow

52. What is the constant feature in the desert

53. Sun

54. What is the driest place on earth

55. Anacoma

56. What is the biggest cactus

57. Saguaro

59. How do the Ibex challenge each other

60. By butting heads

61. What are the 2 rainy seasons in the Sonoran Desert

62. Summer and Winter

63. Warm air rises quickly and other air rushes in to fill the space. This causes what phenomenon

64. Dust Devil

65. What are the 4 U.S. deserts

66. Great Basin Mojave Sonora Chihuahuan

67. What conditions have to be present for deserts to form

68. Rate of precipitation has to be less than the rate of evaporation

69. Other than sand what other things make up the soil in the desert

70. Gravel, pebbles, rocks