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Cholla Cacti A fastgrowing plant needshigh levels of soil fertility Not surprising deserts are not only drydesert soil isn146t very fertile and what gets usedonlyslowly replacedFast growersould. Erin & . Carley. Deserts cover one fifth of the earth’s land area. The biggest. Desert is northern Africa’s Sahara desert. It covers roughly. 3, 500,00 square miles. There are even deserts that are cold. . What is an ecosystem?. An ecosystem is made up of all the living and the nonliving things in an area and how those living and nonliving things interact with each other.. Ecosystems come in a variety of sizes. They can be as small as a puddle or as large as a continent.. A place in the natural environment where living and non-living items function in the same habitat.. What is the primary ecosystem that Tucson host?. Desert, but if we were to travel up the Santa Catalina Mountains we would be traveling into different ecosystems at different elevations.. Temp:122 degrees(Fahrenheit). (50 degrees Celsius). Sahara (Africa). What should you pack?. Map. Compass. Passport. Water. Sun Hat. Long Sleeve. Long Sleeve Pants. Personal Medical Kit. Adventurous things:. Climate Change. Kelly Barnhart. Global Change Biology. February 16, 2016. Pictures from http://w3.marietta.edu/~. biol. /biomes/. desert.htm. Deserts. Environmental extremes. Arid and hot. Large daily temperature . By : . Alghaliah. . Abdullaziz. Al . hajri. Grade 2/C. Camels. are the most famous animals that live in the desert.. Camel. is called the Ship of the desert because it can live in the difficult conditions like :. Location. . 33% of earths surface is desert. Found mostly between 30 degrees north and south latitude of the equator . . Many deserts are located near mountains . Precipitation. . A desert is defined as an area which receives less than . Dr.E. Introduction . Biomes are the major regional groupings of plants and animals discernible at a global scale. distribution patterns are correlated with regional climate patterns and identified according to the climax vegetation type. the. Sonoran . Desert. Arlo Ogden. naturalist. , . historian, park ranger, . educator . and veteran. . . Educational Series. Learning Objectives. There are four major types of deserts. There are four major types of deserts . Hot and Dry. Semiarid.  Coastal. Cold. Semiarid. The summers are moderately long and dry, while the winters normally bring little rainfall. Summer temperatures usually average between 69-80° F.. Deserts cover more than one fifth of the Earth's land, and they are found on every continent. A place that receives less than 10 inches (25 centimeters) of rain per year is considered a desert.. Despite the common conceptions of deserts as dry and hot, there are cold deserts as well.. Come Have Dessert in the Desert Camel Travel Inc. If you come to the desert you will see… Rolling sand as far as the eye can see High temperature without the worry of having your day ruined by perception The . driest biome. on Earth. . Desert. Extreme temperatures- Very hot days 43.5-49°C. . (110. °-120°F). Cool nights . 20°-25°C. (68°-77°F). . . Desert. Very little rainfall. Less than. “. Deserts are areas that only get rain in winter time.” . “They are found underneath a line of latitude called The Equator.” . “Animals adapt to live in desert conditions by being nocturnal and drinking lots of water to stay cool.” .