Temperate Desert by https://padlet.com/jeanne_wolkiewicz/elp08rov7b5u Made with the strength to succeed en-us 2017-11-06 13:06:00 UTC 2017-11-07 13:11:48 UTC hello@padlet.com Animals jeanne_wolkiewicz https://padlet.com/jeanne_wolkiewicz/elp08rov7b5u/wish/203845795 Jack Rabbit: can eat cacti (one of few desert plants), reproduces and matures quickly, runs fast to evade predators
Roadrunner: eats a wide range of different things (insects, plants, snakes, etc), runs fast to escape predators, can also fly
Gazelle: requires little water, runs quickly to escape predators, lives in the Gobi desert]]> 2017-11-06 13:09:58 UTC https://padlet.com/jeanne_wolkiewicz/elp08rov7b5u/wish/203845795 Plants haley_balzer https://padlet.com/jeanne_wolkiewicz/elp08rov7b5u/wish/203846036 Three dominant plant species of the temperate desert are wild onions, the goyo plant, and cistanche.  The wild onions are used for medicine and food. The goyo plant absorbs carbon dioxide at night instead of the day and they have extra long roots allowing them to reach more abundant water sources. ]]> 2017-11-06 13:10:34 UTC https://padlet.com/jeanne_wolkiewicz/elp08rov7b5u/wish/203846036 jack rabbit (baby) jeanne_wolkiewicz https://padlet.com/jeanne_wolkiewicz/elp08rov7b5u/wish/203850636
]]> 2017-11-06 13:21:41 UTC https://padlet.com/jeanne_wolkiewicz/elp08rov7b5u/wish/203850636 wild onions haley_balzer https://padlet.com/jeanne_wolkiewicz/elp08rov7b5u/wish/203850894 2017-11-06 13:22:18 UTC https://padlet.com/jeanne_wolkiewicz/elp08rov7b5u/wish/203850894 gazelle jeanne_wolkiewicz https://padlet.com/jeanne_wolkiewicz/elp08rov7b5u/wish/203852015
]]> 2017-11-06 13:24:28 UTC https://padlet.com/jeanne_wolkiewicz/elp08rov7b5u/wish/203852015 Climate haley_balzer https://padlet.com/jeanne_wolkiewicz/elp08rov7b5u/wish/203852665 A temperate desert is an area of land where little precipitation occurs. Less than 10% annually. Living conditions are hostile for plant and animal life. Temperate desert temperatures are high in the summer and low in the winter.]]> 2017-11-06 13:26:00 UTC https://padlet.com/jeanne_wolkiewicz/elp08rov7b5u/wish/203852665 Human Impacts on Temperate Deserts jeanne_wolkiewicz https://padlet.com/jeanne_wolkiewicz/elp08rov7b5u/wish/203852710 1. There are a lot of parks in deserts. These parks are heavily traveled, and oftentimes, people drive off the road and onto the sensitive desert soil. Since it is so dry, it is easy to displace and disrupt the sandy soil in the desert.
2. Temperate deserts are remote areas, perfect for testing of potentially harmful substances. The government uses temperate deserts often for nuclear testing and other military endeavors, including training. Any human development in the desert is harmful, but especially this type, which is chemical and traffic heavy.
3. The construction of pipelines in deserts is particularly stressful for the environment. People that live in cities outside of the desert need water, oil, and other resources that are most easily transported through the desert. When pipelines are constructed the desert soil is disrupted, the animals must relocate, and water is taken from the already dry biome.]]> 2017-11-06 13:26:06 UTC https://padlet.com/jeanne_wolkiewicz/elp08rov7b5u/wish/203852710 Temperate Desert Climate Graph haley_balzer https://padlet.com/jeanne_wolkiewicz/elp08rov7b5u/wish/203858288
]]> 2017-11-06 13:36:51 UTC https://padlet.com/jeanne_wolkiewicz/elp08rov7b5u/wish/203858288 Location of Temperate Deserts Around the World jeanne_wolkiewicz https://padlet.com/jeanne_wolkiewicz/elp08rov7b5u/wish/203858754
In Noth America... the Midwest, including south to Texas and North into Canada.

In Asia... the Gobi desert in China, tropical savannah

Sputh America... argentina, chile, coastal range

Really only around central latitudes**
]]> 2017-11-06 13:37:52 UTC https://padlet.com/jeanne_wolkiewicz/elp08rov7b5u/wish/203858754 Unique Features of The Temperate Desert haley_balzer https://padlet.com/jeanne_wolkiewicz/elp08rov7b5u/wish/203858995 Although daytime can reach extremely high temperatures, the night can get very very cold. Vegetation does not grow very tall so the desert biome can only accommodate small animals, rodents, and reptiles. ]]> 2017-11-06 13:38:24 UTC https://padlet.com/jeanne_wolkiewicz/elp08rov7b5u/wish/203858995