desert by John Chandler https://padlet.com/s1688517/uv35xno6ldf nathan tadesse john chandler p.8 en-us 2019-04-25 20:14:00 UTC 2025-11-15 00:53:18 UTC hello@padlet.com where are they located s1568087 https://padlet.com/s1688517/uv35xno6ldf/wish/354274630 Most of the large deserts are found off the coast, in areas that rarely reach ocean moisture. However, some deserts are located on continents ' west coasts, such as Africa's Namib or Chile's Atacama, forming coastal fog deserts whose aridity is the result of cold ocean currents. ]]> 2019-04-25 20:31:57 UTC https://padlet.com/s1688517/uv35xno6ldf/wish/354274630 description s1568087 https://padlet.com/s1688517/uv35xno6ldf/wish/354277744 The desert biome is an ecosystem formed every year due to the low rainfall level it receives. Some 20 percent of the Earth's deserts cover. This biome contains four major desert types-hot and dry, semi-arid, coastal and cold. They can all inhabit the life of plants and animals that can survive there. ]]> 2019-04-25 20:41:41 UTC https://padlet.com/s1688517/uv35xno6ldf/wish/354277744 Temperature ranges s1688517 https://padlet.com/s1688517/uv35xno6ldf/wish/354277919  The average daytime temperature is 100°F, while at night the average temperature is 25°F.]]> 2019-04-25 20:42:36 UTC https://padlet.com/s1688517/uv35xno6ldf/wish/354277919 average rainfall s1568087 https://padlet.com/s1688517/uv35xno6ldf/wish/354278723 Generally, a desert is defined as an area that receives less than 10 inches, or 25 centimeters, of precipitation a year. Although most of us think of deserts as places that do not get much rain, the precipitation received in deserts can be in the form of either rain or snow.]]> 2019-04-25 20:45:27 UTC https://padlet.com/s1688517/uv35xno6ldf/wish/354278723 cactus s1568087 https://padlet.com/s1688517/uv35xno6ldf/wish/354278937 Nearly all cactus are succulent, meaning they have thickened, fleshy parts that are suitable for water storage. The stem is the only part of most cactus where this vital process takes place, unlike many other succulents. Most cactus species have lost genuine leaves, retaining only spines that are highly modified leaves ]]> 2019-04-25 20:46:41 UTC https://padlet.com/s1688517/uv35xno6ldf/wish/354278937 what is the soil like? s1688517 https://padlet.com/s1688517/uv35xno6ldf/wish/354279208 Most desert soils are referred to as dry soil aridisols. However, the soil orders are called Entisols in the really dry regions of the Sahara and Australian outback. Entisols are new soils that are too dry for any major soil horizon development, such as sand dunes.]]> 2019-04-25 20:48:09 UTC https://padlet.com/s1688517/uv35xno6ldf/wish/354279208 palo verde s1568087 https://padlet.com/s1688517/uv35xno6ldf/wish/354280033 The palo verde is deciduous drought, and during dry, hot periods it drops its leave. This is an adaptation that prevents some desert plants from losing water through transpiration. ... The canopy cover lowers the temperature below the palo verde, which is very important for other desert plants to germinate. ]]> 2019-04-25 20:52:01 UTC https://padlet.com/s1688517/uv35xno6ldf/wish/354280033 Two animals that adapted s1688517 https://padlet.com/s1688517/uv35xno6ldf/wish/354280275 Rattle snakes adapt to this habitat in many ways. These reptiles live in deserts where their hot and dry. Plus, rattle snakes store water in their body like camels so that they can live in the desert. Also, rattle snakes are nocturnal in deserts because they are hot during daytime in deserts.
A number of species of lizards have adapted to desert life. To help them run across the sand without sinking, some desert lizards have toes fringed with spiny scales. Others burst into the sand to escape the intense heat of the desert, to hide from predators or to find small animals that they prey on. ]]> 2019-04-25 20:53:12 UTC https://padlet.com/s1688517/uv35xno6ldf/wish/354280275 symbiotic relationship in desert (mutualistic) s1568087 https://padlet.com/s1688517/uv35xno6ldf/wish/354280492  The relationship between a Gobi woodpecker and a cactus is an example of mutualism in the hot and dry desert. ]]> 2019-04-25 20:54:29 UTC https://padlet.com/s1688517/uv35xno6ldf/wish/354280492 symbiotic relationship (parasitic) s1568087 https://padlet.com/s1688517/uv35xno6ldf/wish/354280853 The woodpecker feeds on insects and parasites that could adversely affect the cactus.]]> 2019-04-25 20:56:22 UTC https://padlet.com/s1688517/uv35xno6ldf/wish/354280853 symbiotic relationship (commensal) s1568087 https://padlet.com/s1688517/uv35xno6ldf/wish/354280959 Commensalism is a symbiotic relationship which does not affect one organism and the other. The relationship between a Cactus wren and a cactus is an example of commensality.]]> 2019-04-25 20:56:54 UTC https://padlet.com/s1688517/uv35xno6ldf/wish/354280959 work cited s1688517 https://padlet.com/s1688517/uv35xno6ldf/wish/354281092  
https://www.soils4teachers.org/deserts/ 
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