2. The desert climate is hot
and dry , semiarid
, costal, arid and cold. The
highest temperature ever
recorded in the desert is
57.8◦ and the coldest is 7
3. The desert is very hot so little
water can be found. X wind
can be common especially in
the spring. X wind is very
strong cross winds that meet.
4. Some of the locations are
Uluru, Baja, Mexico ,Kofa
mountains, Red rock national
conservation area and Southern
Nevada. The driest desert in the
world is the Atacama Desert.
5. Some more locations are
Sagebrush, Castle Valley, Utah
and East of Arches national
park, La Casita, Palm
desert, and Monte Argentina.
The smallest desert in the
world is the Carcross Desert.
6. Some of the plants are Barrel Cactus
, pipe cactus , organ, popcorn
flower, mormam flower , fairy
duster, dog bane, milkweed, Devils
clawtucs, desert sunflower, tree of
heaven, tree of tobacco and limber
bush.
7. Dog bane is a poisonous plant. Dog
bane can be found from Canada to
Carolina. Dog bane flowers can be
pink or blue. Dog bane is poisonous
to cats and dogs.
8. The popcorn flower grows in Mojave
and Sonoran deserts. The popcorn
flower has 5 white petals. The
popcorn flower is called the popcorn
flower because its petals look like
popcorn
9. Some of the desert animals
are echidna, camel, meerkat
roadrunner, donkey, ostrich, c
aracal, lizard, desert
Popcorn flower
toad, vulture, fox, kangaroo
rat, rattlesnake and pygmy
10. The name echidna originally
came from the Greek god
Ekhidna who thought she was
half reptile half mammal. The
short beaked echidna has a short
beak. When a echidna is born it
is a size of a grape.
11. A camel has 1 to 2 humps. Camels
are not part of the horse family but
they are apart of the Camelidae
family. Did you know that camels
do not have hooves? They have
toes instead.
14. Deserts cover 1/5th of the world.
Not many animals live in the desert
The Atacama desert is the smallest desert
The Carcross desert is the smallest desert in the world
The desert has less than 10 per cent of rain each year
.
15. The desert is the hottest biome in
the world
The Sahara desert is the worlds
largest desert.
The desert can get as low as 32
degrees at night.
