Deserts+A

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__//**Desert Facts:**//__
- __**Precipitation**__ in deserts are mostly very dry and have little rainfall.

- Many deserts have a lot of __**sunlight**__.

- Some deserts have low **__humidity__**; most humidity take place in night though.

- There are two types of deserts; Hot and Cold deserts.

- The extreme temperatures in the hot deserts can reach up to 43.5 - 49 degree's Celsius!

- They can even get to -2-4 degree's Celsius in the cold deserts!

- Some people think that Deserts are only hot but, there are cold deserts too

- Cold deserts have a lot of snowfall!

- The deserts hold the 2nd amount of animals in the world to rain forest.

- World's largest dry land is called the Saharan-Arabian-Iranian-Thar Desert

- The Largest desert stretches out to 6,000 miles of land.

- Usually deserts get about less than 10 inches of rainfall each year.

__//**Animals:**//__

- Road Runner - Gila Monster - Tarantula - Desert Hairy Scorpion

- Fat Sand Rat - Kangaroo - Bull Snake - Coyote

- Camel - Dingo - Hyena - Jackals

__**Animal Websites:**__

- http://www.animalport.com/desert-animals.html - http://www.buzzle.com/articles/desert-animals-list.html - http://www.ahsd25.k12.il.us/curriculum/Africa/desertanimals.htm


 * __Plants:__**

- Brittlebush - Desert Lilly - Dogbane - Datura

- Milkweed - Smoke Tree - Saguaro - Barrel Cactus

- Creosote - Ocotillo - Joshua Tree - Palo Verde


 * __Plant Websites:__**

- http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/desert_plant_page.htm

- http://www.desertusa.com/flora.html

__**Food Chain Example:**__

- The Grass is eaten by the Fat Sand Rat --> The Fat Sand Rat is eaten by a Snake --> The Snake is eaten by a Hawk.

Websites Used:

http://chalk.richmond.edu/education/projects/webunits/biomes/desert.html

http://ialcworld.org/desertfacts.html

http://www.cal4wheel.com/voyagers/Page%204.htm