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Deserts are the home to many living things. Only certain kinds of plant and animals live and can survive in the desert.

Believe it or not, deserts come in several varieties. The two major classifications are hot and cold. the hot desert is a land of extreme. extreme heat and extreme dryness sudden flash floods and cold nights. At night the temperature drops to 40 are 50 degreesThe main form of precipitation in a hot desert is rain. But the hot desert only gets ten inches or less of rain per year. That’s a little bit.The main form of precipitation in a cold desert is either snow or fog. Most deserts are found in the mountain areas.

Many of the features of desert plants are Many of the features of desert plants are adaptations traits that makes the plant adaptations traits that makes the plant survive in its harsh environment. Desert survive in its harsh environment. Desert plants have two main adaptations to plants have two main adaptations to survive and that issurvive and that is Ability to collect and store water  Ability to collect and store water  Features that reduce water loss Features that reduce water loss There is a lot of plants in this biome and There is a lot of plants in this biome and they arethey areSaguaro Saguaro Barrel CactusBarrel Cactus Old Man Cactus Prickly Pear Cactus Dragon Tree Fish Hook Cactus Desert Spoon Aloe Joshua Tree Yucca

Those are all the some of the kind of plants in this biome they are many more

Saguaro cactus Saguaro cactus This plant stores lots of water in its This plant stores lots of water in its

stem. photosynthesis occurs on top stem. photosynthesis occurs on top layer of the stem instead of the layer of the stem instead of the leaves. they have an adaptation that leaves. they have an adaptation that its roots extend far away from its its roots extend far away from its trunk the roots collects the water trunk the roots collects the water after its rains and stores it in the stem after its rains and stores it in the stem the water that’s in side the saguaro the water that’s in side the saguaro can keep it alive till it rains again.can keep it alive till it rains again.

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Barrel cactus Barrel cactus

The out side of the barrel cactus is The out side of the barrel cactus is spongy so it could store water. when spongy so it could store water. when it gets very hot the plant shrinks it gets very hot the plant shrinks until it rains again. until it rains again.

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Chain Fruit ChollaChain Fruit Cholla

The chain fruit cholla are mostly The chain fruit cholla are mostly found in dry areas like deserts . found in dry areas like deserts . When there is a drought animals When there is a drought animals depend on the chain fruit cholla for depend on the chain fruit cholla for water.water.

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animalsanimalsDesert animals must survive a harsh and Desert animals must survive a harsh and

hostile environment. Many animals never drink hostile environment. Many animals never drink water but can get there water from seeds and water but can get there water from seeds and plants. Many of the animals are nocturnal. In plants. Many of the animals are nocturnal. In some instances some animals wont come out some instances some animals wont come out of the ground for their whole life. An example of the ground for their whole life. An example of this is a Spadefoot toad which spends nine of this is a Spadefoot toad which spends nine

months in the ground.months in the ground.

Great JerboaGreat Jerboa

The great jerboa is a very small The great jerboa is a very small mammal they feed on seeds and mammal they feed on seeds and small insects which makes them small insects which makes them omnivores. the are also nocturnal omnivores. the are also nocturnal and they hibernate in the winter. and they hibernate in the winter.

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Thorny devilThorny devil

The thorny devil is a reptile that eats The thorny devil is a reptile that eats termites and ants which makes the termites and ants which makes the thorny devil a carnivore .the thorny thorny devil a carnivore .the thorny devil moves in a slow pace that’s devil moves in a slow pace that’s why the thorny devil eats insects why the thorny devil eats insects instead of eating bird that move very instead of eating bird that move very fast.fast.

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Gila MonsterGila Monster

The Gila monster eats eggs and The Gila monster eats eggs and other small mammals which makes it other small mammals which makes it a carnivore. they are primarily a carnivore. they are primarily nocturnal but may emerge in the nocturnal but may emerge in the spring. They are also very spring. They are also very venomous.venomous.

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Armadillo lizardArmadillo lizard

The armadillo lizard feeds on spiders The armadillo lizard feeds on spiders and other invertebrates and a wide and other invertebrates and a wide variety of insects. It has tube like variety of insects. It has tube like nostrils and uses them to hunt and nostrils and uses them to hunt and detect for predators. The lizards detect for predators. The lizards head is narrow. head is narrow.

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Interesting factsInteresting facts

There are cold deserts as well as hot There are cold deserts as well as hot deserts there are many bizarre deserts there are many bizarre animals in the deserts. The plant has animals in the deserts. The plant has to adapt to the hot weather by to adapt to the hot weather by storing water in there stems . storing water in there stems .

Conclusion Conclusion

The desert brings us interesting and The desert brings us interesting and unusual animals such as the thorny unusual animals such as the thorny devil. The desert can get extremely devil. The desert can get extremely hot in the day, but at night it can hot in the day, but at night it can drop below freezing. drop below freezing.

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