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IT’S REALLY HHOOTT!!!

COOL STUFF

• Desert biomes are located all over the world• Plant and animal life in the desert have

adapted to survive with very little water and food

HOT off the PRESS

• rainfall= 3” a year• Deserts are the hottest places on earth• Gets below freezing at night, can get up to

122* F during the hot months

Dune Buggie

• Worlds largest HOT desert- Sahara • Worlds largest COLD desert- Antarctica• Sahara desert stretches through 10 countries

in northern Africa • Antarctica is a block of ice the size of Canada

The King of the Jungle

• Animal life has adapted to store little to no water in their bodies

• Animal life in the desert consists of Camels, rattlesnakes, roadrunners, and a small dog-like creature called the Phoenix Fox

BOTANY

• Desert plant life consists of plant that have made adaptations to survive extremely harsh conditions such as a cactus which can store water in its spongy roots

Citing the Sites

• www.eoearth.org/article/sahara_desert• www.bcsengage.com• http://geography.about.com/od/locateplaces

worldwide/a/searchdesert.htm• www.buzzle.com/articles/desert-plant-

life.html