70 percent of the world?

70 PERCENT OF THE WORLD?

Meghan, Maggie, Barrett, and Bobby

Desert Plants POPCORN

FLOWER .small white

flowers with 5

petals .grow in

coils at the ends of

branches .bloom from February to

June

Maps

.Hot and Dry .Semi-Arid .Coastal .Cold

Climates highest temperature 57.7 celsios lowest temperature 7.00 celsios.Monsoon Summer, Dry Summer or Fore Summer, Fall, and Winter

Desert Plants

BARREL CACTUS . 5-11 ft. tall . One of the tallest

cacti’s in America .located in Mojave,

Sonora, and Chihuahua deserts

Desert Plants POPCORN

FLOWER .growing range

Mojave, Sonoran .small, white, 5

petals .grow in coils at

the ends of branches

Animals Sonoran Desert Toad Diet: insects, spiders , and mice Habitat: burrows under ground in rodent

tunnels Size: 4-7 inches

Animals Texas Horned Lizard Diet: mostly Harvesting ants, and insects Habitat: sandy areas, where harvesting

ants live Size: 3-6 inches

Animals

Caracal Caracal Diet: birds, mammals such as gazelle,

antelope, And rodents Habitat: dry scrub, or dry woodlands Size: 3 ft. from head to tail, 1ft-1.5 ft.

Animals Great Road Runner Diet: insects, fruit, seed, snakes, and

sometimes small rodents Habitat: a nested place such as a bush,

cacti, or it will make its nest out of sticks leaves and other materials

Size: 18-22 inches

Animals Arizona Bark Scorpion Diet: small insects, such as roaches, and

crickets Habitat: moist areas like under a log, or a

rock Size: 2-3 inches

Food ChainProducers: Cacti, and shrubsPrimary Consumers: Kangaroo rat, Cactus Mouse, Lizard, ext.Secondary Consumers: Horned Lizard, Kit Fox, Gopher snake , ext.Carnivores: Roadrunner, Vultures, Golden Eagle, ext. Omnivores: Coyote, Raven, ext.Herbivores: Antelope Squirrel, Chuck Walla, Jack Rabbit, ext.Decomposers: mushrooms, insects, microorganisms

Human Interference in the Desert Biome

Negative: Long time for plants to grow once destroyed some won’t fully grow back in more than one century!

Negative: Many people hunt the animals and collect the plants.

Negative: Ranching can hurt the landscaping as well

Negative: Animals such as the Chuckwalla get taken out of there habitat and get sold as pets.

Human Interference in the Desert Biome

Positive: Conserving Water Positive: Animal and Plant preserves

such as the Tree Opinion: I my self think it is great to have preserves and all although we can help even more by keeping the animals in their natural habitat and to encourage to set up more animal and plant preserves

Thoughts/Summary . To encourage others to conserve water . To set up more animal preserves . Stop the , pollution off roading , and the

waste of water and just help the planet!!!

Resources http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/exhibits/ biomes/deserts.php http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/desert-plant-pag

e.htm http://ask.yahoo.com/20050712.html www.netsets/desert/plants2.htm http://www.desertusa.com/june97/du_ Popcorn.html http://www.co2science.org/articles/v16/N13/B3.php www.desertanimals.net/ www.prezi.com/Itatau2vwnxx/desert-food-web www.digital-desert.com/wildlife/herbivores