https://padlet.com/sebastiao_escaja/4vmbhi69sjvj Desert Biome Research Project en-us 2018-04-12 21:35:06 UTC 2025-10-07 14:41:11 UTC hello@padlet.com sebastiao_escaja https://padlet.com/sebastiao_escaja/4vmbhi69sjvj/wish/251371003 The desert covers about one fifth of the Earth's surface. A desert happens when rainfall is less than 50cm/year. Although most people believe that deserts are very hot, there are both hot deserts and cold deserts. Usually during a night in the desert, the temperature can drop to the negatives.]]> 2018-04-12 21:41:16 UTC https://padlet.com/sebastiao_escaja/4vmbhi69sjvj/wish/251371003 sebastiao_escaja https://padlet.com/sebastiao_escaja/4vmbhi69sjvj/wish/251371393 Most deserts are in Africa. But deserts can also be found in Australia, Arabian Peninsula, Mexico, USA, Argentina, India, Chile, China, Peru, Pakistan, Mongolia, Iran, Afghanistan, Antartica, and many more.]]> 2018-04-12 21:43:58 UTC https://padlet.com/sebastiao_escaja/4vmbhi69sjvj/wish/251371393 sebastiao_escaja https://padlet.com/sebastiao_escaja/4vmbhi69sjvj/wish/251372190 The Sahara desert is one of the driest and hottest regions of the world, with an average temperature of 86 degrees Fahrenheit (30 degrees Celsius), and an average high temperature in summer is 104 degrees Fahrenheit (40 degrees Celsius).]]> 2018-04-12 21:48:31 UTC https://padlet.com/sebastiao_escaja/4vmbhi69sjvj/wish/251372190 sebastiao_escaja https://padlet.com/sebastiao_escaja/4vmbhi69sjvj/wish/251373146 The Sahara desert receives an average of four inches of rainfall in one year (10 centimeters).]]> 2018-04-12 21:54:37 UTC https://padlet.com/sebastiao_escaja/4vmbhi69sjvj/wish/251373146 sebastiao_escaja https://padlet.com/sebastiao_escaja/4vmbhi69sjvj/wish/251373297 Most desert soils are called Aridisols (dry soil). These soils are usually too dry for any major soil horizon development. ]]> 2018-04-12 21:55:32 UTC https://padlet.com/sebastiao_escaja/4vmbhi69sjvj/wish/251373297 sebastiao_escaja https://padlet.com/sebastiao_escaja/4vmbhi69sjvj/wish/251373445 Cactus - A cactus adapts to the desert by having spines instead of leaves. These minimise the surface area and reduce water loss by transpiration. The spines also protect the cactus from animals that try to eat them.
Saguaro - One way that the Saguaro adapts to the hot and dry climate of the desert, is by storing water in its stem.]]> 2018-04-12 21:56:38 UTC https://padlet.com/sebastiao_escaja/4vmbhi69sjvj/wish/251373445 sebastiao_escaja https://padlet.com/sebastiao_escaja/4vmbhi69sjvj/wish/251374500 Lizard - A lizard adapts to the desert by having toes fringed with spiny scales to help them run across the sand without sinking. Others burrow into the sand to escape the desert's intense heat.
Camel - Camels have large, flat feet to spread their weight on the sand. They have thick fur on the top of the body for shade. ]]> 2018-04-12 22:03:53 UTC https://padlet.com/sebastiao_escaja/4vmbhi69sjvj/wish/251374500 sebastiao_escaja https://padlet.com/sebastiao_escaja/4vmbhi69sjvj/wish/251376043 Parasitic - A flea is a parasite on a hyena. The flea benefits by drinking the coyote's blood, but the coyote, by losing blood and acquiring discomfort and potential disease, is harmed.
Commensal - An example of commensalism in the desert biome is a hawk building its nest on a saguaro cactus. By doing this, the hawk benefits from the cactus and the cactus neither gains or loses anything from this.
Mutualistic - A desert bee and a cactus are in a mutualistic relationship. A bee depends on cacti since they're a major food source. And a cactus depends on bees to pollinate them so they can continue to reproduce.]]> 2018-04-12 22:15:52 UTC https://padlet.com/sebastiao_escaja/4vmbhi69sjvj/wish/251376043 sebastiao_escaja https://padlet.com/sebastiao_escaja/4vmbhi69sjvj/wish/251377383 https://spencersweeblyd.weebly.com/symbiotic-relationships.html
http://thebiomedesert.weebly.com/mutualism-commensalism-parasitism-and-preatorprey.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/science/edexcel_pre_2011/environment/evolutionrev2.shtml
http://mojavedesert.net/glossary/parasitism.html
http://www.factsfornow.scholastic.com/article?product_id=nbk&type=0ta&uid=10667593&id=a2017520
https://www2.powayusd.com/teachers/blees/desert_locations.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sahara_Desert_(ecoregion)
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/habitats/deserts/

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