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Desert Ecosystems
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Desert an ecosystem found
where there is very little rainfall.Deserts are dry and hot. There are very few clouds.Two kinds of deserts:
Hot deserts
Cold deserts
Hot deserts
Temperatures are very warm all year round
The summers are very hot
Cold deserts
Short, warm summers
on!, cold winters
"ound in places near the north and south poles
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Desert #lants$any plants are found in the desert. They
usually !row close to the !round.These plants have special parts that helpthem save water.
The special parts are: thick stem, shallowand wide roots, and thick skin covered
with spines instead of leaves.
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Desert %nimalsThere are many animals in the desert.
They can survive &y eatin! other animals or &yeatin! plants that store water.
To protect them from the hot sun, they stay in the
shade or in their shelter.%nimals may &uild their shelters inside plants.
Some animals sleep durin! the day and areactive at ni!ht.
Some animals have hard shells to protect themfrom losin! much water.
$ore animals live in hot deserts than in cold
deserts.
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'oadrunner
%nteater
Scorpion(ila monster )li*ard+
Camel
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Deserts in the nited States
(reat -asin Desert
$oave Desert
Chihuahua Desert
Sonoran Desert
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(reat -asin Desert
California
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$oave Desert
California
/evada
%ri*ona
tah
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Chihuahuan Desert
%ri*ona
/ew $e1ico
Te1as
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Sonoran Desert
California
%ri*ona
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'eview
2hat is a desert3
How do plants survive in the desert3
How do animals survive in the desert3
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earn more a&out deserts
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Desert information
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