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===​toc ​​ DESERT  NAMES:: HANNAH. JASSMYN. JAMES.Desert Facts ===

The desert land climate, is a very complex balance to keep. Because the animals that live there have been adapted for so long.
**The deserts are made up of sand or rocks and gravel.**
 * Deserts also cover about one-fifth of all the land in the world.**

Deserts are places on earth that are characterized by little vegetation and rain.
**Desert animals have to be used to extreme temperatures to survive in that biome. Most plants and animals in the desert carry water inside of them. Most desert animals are most active at night when its cooler.** This lizard above has been named the Zebra-Tailed Lizard. When they are young they are pail like the sand. But when they get older their stomach's turn green and blue. Also as they Progress their tail's get stripes like zebra's.

ANIMALS
1. Mammals. They use their camoflauge to get food and escape. Ocelot Kangaroo rat prarie dog pocket gopher bighorn sheep mountain lion big eared bat camel rock hyrax coyote feral horse 2. Birds. Spot small animals from above to get food and escape. bald eagle hawk golden eagle pinyon jay qual peregrine falcon white winged dove 3. Reptiles. Use their special features to get food, and escape. gila monster fringe-toad lizard tortoise zebra-tailed lizard spiny lizard sandfish 4. Amphibians. Use camolauge to get foor and to escape. leopard frog 5. Insects. Use special features to get food and get away. mormon cricket cicacda flicker scorpian 6. Flora. saguaro cactus fishhook trichome cholla prickly pear ciercidium date palm  Look familiar? In some desert mountains there are mountain lions. They look familiar because they live in our Rockie Mountains too. They are carnivorous. But they can be scared off easily if they aren't hungry. Threats 4 wheeling through the desert can make deep holes that take 100-1,000 years to recover.
 * Little water so plants can't grow fast enough.
 * Harsh temp. Hot during day, cold at night makes it hard to live.
 * Dangerous animals killing out others who don't have enough to eat.
 * People are taking the cacti out.

Link to our food web. By: Hannah

Desert Map These deserts include: Libyan, Nubian, Sahara, Namib, Blue, Great Sandy Sea, Sinai, White, Arabic, Gobi. Key:: (()) =Africa About 1/5 of the world is covered by desert land. (()) =Egypt (()) =Iran (()) =Asia