https://padlet.com/3117069/su5aew21uv7f en-us 2017-05-30 21:42:26 UTC 2025-10-01 20:04:10 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padletuploads.blob.core.windows.net/prod/197903738/96f9ac2bfa8ea46f82417edb027c4cc0/download__6_.jpg 3119423 https://padlet.com/3117069/su5aew21uv7f/wish/174651597 2017-05-31 15:55:23 UTC https://padlet.com/3117069/su5aew21uv7f/wish/174651597 3119423 https://padlet.com/3117069/su5aew21uv7f/wish/174651722 Here we have a video with a couple facts about the Desert Biome]]> 2017-05-31 15:55:50 UTC https://padlet.com/3117069/su5aew21uv7f/wish/174651722 3119423 https://padlet.com/3117069/su5aew21uv7f/wish/174653141 Temperature is one of the most important abiotic factors of the biome.  Other factors include sand, rainfall, and and wind patters. The very little amounts of rainfall in this biome allow for little vegetation and not very much animal life.]]> 2017-05-31 16:01:51 UTC https://padlet.com/3117069/su5aew21uv7f/wish/174653141 3119423 https://padlet.com/3117069/su5aew21uv7f/wish/174661872 Biotic factors of the desert biome include animals such as the bobcat and the desert tortoise. Bobcats have large and sharp teeth that allow them to hurt and kill their prey. Their claws are long so that they can dig through the thick skin of their prey. Their fur also changes color to blend in with the desert environment. Desert tortoises have the ability to burrow to avoid the scorching dry temperatures of the desert. They are also able to store water in their bladder and can tolerate large amounts of urea in their blood to avoid losing any water via urination.]]> 2017-05-31 16:44:15 UTC https://padlet.com/3117069/su5aew21uv7f/wish/174661872 3119423 https://padlet.com/3117069/su5aew21uv7f/wish/174662760 The desert is compiled of over 320 native plants species. These plant species can be used for a couple things. For one, they are used for food, such as Pinon Pine Nuts, Prickly Pear, Yucca, Pine Needle Tea, Chia Sage, Agave, Mesquite, Saguaro, and Cholla. They can also be used for medicine, such as Butterfly weed, also known as pleurisy-root, used to treat lung ailments and winter illnesses, Wild Licorice, the root is used in teas to support the immune system, Mormon Tea, the stems are used in a tea to heal urinary tract infections, respiratory illnesses, and colds/nasal congestion, and Gumweed used to stimulate mucous membranes in the treatment of asthma and chronic bronchitis.]]> 2017-05-31 16:48:35 UTC https://padlet.com/3117069/su5aew21uv7f/wish/174662760 3117069 https://padlet.com/3117069/su5aew21uv7f/wish/174664754 2017-05-31 16:57:39 UTC https://padlet.com/3117069/su5aew21uv7f/wish/174664754 3117069 https://padlet.com/3117069/su5aew21uv7f/wish/174664960 This is a climate graph for a desert in Arizona]]> 2017-05-31 16:58:31 UTC https://padlet.com/3117069/su5aew21uv7f/wish/174664960 3117069 https://padlet.com/3117069/su5aew21uv7f/wish/174666043 2017-05-31 17:03:45 UTC https://padlet.com/3117069/su5aew21uv7f/wish/174666043 3119423 https://padlet.com/3117069/su5aew21uv7f/wish/174667044 Productivity of a biome is the rate of generation of biomass in an ecosystem or in this case, a biome. Biomass is the total mass of organisms in a specific area or volume. The net primary productivity ( kilocalories/ square meter/ year) for the desert is greater than 200. The productivity for the other biomes are 600 or above]]> 2017-05-31 17:08:26 UTC https://padlet.com/3117069/su5aew21uv7f/wish/174667044 3117069 https://padlet.com/3117069/su5aew21uv7f/wish/174667217 In some deserts, there are gold and granite fields, also exploited from time immemorial.
The main economic resource of the deserts is in any case oil, with the richest fields being located in the Persian Gulf (Saudi Arabia, Iraq, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and Iran). 65% of the worlds oil comes from theses areas and Saudi Arabia alone contains 25% and is the country possessing the largest amount of natural oil.]]> 2017-05-31 17:09:12 UTC https://padlet.com/3117069/su5aew21uv7f/wish/174667217 3117069 https://padlet.com/3117069/su5aew21uv7f/wish/174709667 Bobcat]]> 2017-05-31 21:41:35 UTC https://padlet.com/3117069/su5aew21uv7f/wish/174709667 3117069 https://padlet.com/3117069/su5aew21uv7f/wish/174710359 Deserts are usually located between 30 degrees north and south of the equator. Deserts make up a third of earth's surface. Deserts are formed when there is little rainfall over the course of the year. The average rainfall for a desert is 10 inches or 25 centimeters. Moist air from bodies of water near the equator passes over land and over mountains. When the air passes over the mountains, it cools and the water vapor in the air is lost as rain or snow. The air then passes the mountain and down to the area known as the desert and by this time, the air is dry and there is no water in the air for precipitation.]]> 2017-05-31 21:46:52 UTC https://padlet.com/3117069/su5aew21uv7f/wish/174710359 3117069 https://padlet.com/3117069/su5aew21uv7f/wish/174711407 This is a climate graph for the Sahara Desert]]> 2017-05-31 21:59:08 UTC https://padlet.com/3117069/su5aew21uv7f/wish/174711407 3117069 https://padlet.com/3117069/su5aew21uv7f/wish/174711738 This is a prickly pear plant]]> 2017-05-31 22:04:29 UTC https://padlet.com/3117069/su5aew21uv7f/wish/174711738 3117069 https://padlet.com/3117069/su5aew21uv7f/wish/174713333 2017-05-31 22:26:09 UTC https://padlet.com/3117069/su5aew21uv7f/wish/174713333 3117069 https://padlet.com/3117069/su5aew21uv7f/wish/174713956 This is a desert tortoise]]> 2017-05-31 22:33:31 UTC https://padlet.com/3117069/su5aew21uv7f/wish/174713956 3117069 https://padlet.com/3117069/su5aew21uv7f/wish/174714438 Mesquite plant]]> 2017-05-31 22:40:29 UTC https://padlet.com/3117069/su5aew21uv7f/wish/174714438 3117069 https://padlet.com/3117069/su5aew21uv7f/wish/174823116 2017-06-01 14:30:08 UTC https://padlet.com/3117069/su5aew21uv7f/wish/174823116