https://padlet.com/ethanhuss/tibs9j62bqv01tvv Made by Ethan Huss en-us 2020-09-16 18:19:51 UTC 2025-02-22 22:49:19 UTC hello@padlet.com ethanhuss https://padlet.com/ethanhuss/tibs9j62bqv01tvv/wish/767626605 Deserts are very dry biomes that are home to animals and plants that have adapted to it's environment over time. There are many types of deserts including hot and dry deserts, semi-arid deserts, coastal and cold deserts. It covers about a fifth of the earth's surface. Depending on the type of desert, the soil can be few things such as gravelly, stony or sandy. Deserts do not receive a whole lot of rainfall, in fact, they usually receive under twenty inches per year.]]> 2020-09-22 11:27:07 UTC https://padlet.com/ethanhuss/tibs9j62bqv01tvv/wish/767626605 ethanhuss https://padlet.com/ethanhuss/tibs9j62bqv01tvv/wish/767633899 The climate of a desert is changing everyday. The average day temperature is drastically higher than the night. This is when animals come out when it's cool. The difference between cold and hot deserts is that cold desert's main way of precipitation is snow, whilst hot deserts rely on rainfall.]]> 2020-09-22 11:31:30 UTC https://padlet.com/ethanhuss/tibs9j62bqv01tvv/wish/767633899 ethanhuss https://padlet.com/ethanhuss/tibs9j62bqv01tvv/wish/767713699 The climatograph shows the annual precipitation and temperature of a hot desert (rainfall instead of snow).]]> 2020-09-22 12:07:51 UTC https://padlet.com/ethanhuss/tibs9j62bqv01tvv/wish/767713699 ethanhuss https://padlet.com/ethanhuss/tibs9j62bqv01tvv/wish/767732028 Desert topography consists of many mountains,  plateaus, plains and canyons. Many natural climates are responsible for creating deserts, in the past and present.
Insolation in deserts impacts the environment greatly, plants receive the solar energy from the sun to grow, the sand is radiated to be very hot.]]> 2020-09-22 12:14:35 UTC https://padlet.com/ethanhuss/tibs9j62bqv01tvv/wish/767732028 ethanhuss https://padlet.com/ethanhuss/tibs9j62bqv01tvv/wish/768016957 Desert animals and plants have specially adapted to this specific biome, so a sudden change would be catastrophic. Some animals such as the camel can go without water for weeks on end. Some plants such as cacti have to go years without freshwater, in order to combat this, they have grown long roots that go to freshwater underground. ]]> 2020-09-22 13:26:25 UTC https://padlet.com/ethanhuss/tibs9j62bqv01tvv/wish/768016957 ethanhuss https://padlet.com/ethanhuss/tibs9j62bqv01tvv/wish/768183830 2020-09-22 13:59:13 UTC https://padlet.com/ethanhuss/tibs9j62bqv01tvv/wish/768183830 ethanhuss https://padlet.com/ethanhuss/tibs9j62bqv01tvv/wish/768201984 The transfer of energy is by the 90/10 rule. This rule is as follows: 90 percent of the energy gained from the consumed is lost to the consumers body, and only 10 percent is kept and stored.]]> 2020-09-22 14:02:56 UTC https://padlet.com/ethanhuss/tibs9j62bqv01tvv/wish/768201984 ethanhuss https://padlet.com/ethanhuss/tibs9j62bqv01tvv/wish/768283973 Plants such as Cacti may go years without freshwater. In order to combat this however, the cacti store the water inside of the "arms." They re use the water over and over until it's gone. Some plants grow their roots deep into the ground to reach freshwater specifically for the desert because of the little to no rainfall.]]> 2020-09-22 14:18:25 UTC https://padlet.com/ethanhuss/tibs9j62bqv01tvv/wish/768283973 ethanhuss https://padlet.com/ethanhuss/tibs9j62bqv01tvv/wish/768301444 2020-09-22 14:21:49 UTC https://padlet.com/ethanhuss/tibs9j62bqv01tvv/wish/768301444 ethanhuss https://padlet.com/ethanhuss/tibs9j62bqv01tvv/wish/768305284 Animals such as camels have humps that store fat which later they can break down into water and energy when it is not abundant. Fennec Foxes have also solely adapted to the desert biome. They have thick fur on their feet to protect them from the hot ground when they walk. They are also nocturnal which means they are active at night.]]> 2020-09-22 14:22:33 UTC https://padlet.com/ethanhuss/tibs9j62bqv01tvv/wish/768305284 ethanhuss https://padlet.com/ethanhuss/tibs9j62bqv01tvv/wish/768362988 2020-09-22 14:33:48 UTC https://padlet.com/ethanhuss/tibs9j62bqv01tvv/wish/768362988 ethanhuss https://padlet.com/ethanhuss/tibs9j62bqv01tvv/wish/768364635 Increased solar radiation is heating up the desert and drying up water holes, increasing drought periods. More wildfires happen due to this, and they destroy the plant life and trees that take very long to grow.]]> 2020-09-22 14:34:06 UTC https://padlet.com/ethanhuss/tibs9j62bqv01tvv/wish/768364635