Dry Dry Deserts

Dry Dry Deserts

By Kaiden Kreider

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Table of Contents

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How Hot you Ask?..................3

Where Are Deserts?...............4

What was That?.......................5

Producers.................................6

Photosynthesis.........................7

Consumers of the Desert........8

Decomposer.............................9

Energy.......................................10

On the Menu.............................11-12

Earths sphere............................13

Threats are Coming..................14

Fact page..................................15

The People.................................16

Glossary......................................17

About the Author.........................18

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How Hot You Ask?

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Deserts are the hottest ecosystem on Earth. This ecosystem can also be the coldest. Climate is the weather that occurs over a long period of time. For example, deserts can be sunny, cloudy, hot or cold. One important thing all deserts have in common is they receive less than 10 inches of rain per year. Deserts can get as hot as 52˚C and as cold as -1 Celsius . Droughts are very common in the desert.

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Before

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Here is a desert’s surface during a drought.

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After

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If you go to the desert and bring grapes this is what could
happen because the conditions are so hot and dry.

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Where are Deserts?

Deserts can be found in Asia, Africa, North America and South America.
Most Deserts are found on or next to the equator. The biggest desert is the entire continent of Antarctica. It’s also the coldest desert. The oldest dessert is the Namibian desert, found in Namibia and the hottest desert is the Sahara desert, which is found in the northern part of Africa.

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What Was That?

The Creatures of the Desert

Many strange looking or cute creatures live in the desert, like the Fennec fox. When you think of animals in the desert, you think of camels or rattle snakes and lizards. They are still there. But here are a few other animals found in the desert. You might find bobcat, sand cat, jerboa, eagles, and vultures.

Jerboa

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Fennec Fox

Producers

Aloe is kinda like a mix of fern and cactus but it really helps the environment like if you get a cut put aloe on it and if there was no aloe there won’t be as much food for the animals aloe can live everywhere except cold cold cold places like I’m in Pennsylvania and I have one.

Aloe

Sagaro Cactus

Saguaro cactus is one of the tallest cacti. It’s as tall as 60 feet taller than us. It’s roots are really long to absorb more water and it gives shade and homes to many creatures mostly birds .

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Photosynthesis

What is photosynthesis? Photosynthesis is what plants do to get food. Step one, the plants absorb the sun’s rays. Step two, they drink the water that’s in the soil. Third, they breathe in carbon dioxide. Lastly, they mix it up like the ingredients in a recipe and make it into sugar and oxogen . It gives us and animals the oxygen it produces and eats the sugar — not all, just most.

Fun Fact About Plants

Not all plants eat sugar — some eat bugs in the rainforest.

We All Need Each Other

If there were no animals or humans, the plants will die. If there were no plants, humans and animals will die.

If it weren’t for photosynthesis, It would not be easy for plants to get food.

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Consumers of The Desert

Consumers are very important to ecosystems. They make sure plants don’t take over the ecosystem. There are different types of animals. Herbivores are plant eaters and are usually prey to other animals. Carnivores are meat eaters. They are usually pretorters. Omnivores are both meat and plant eaters. Animals can also be classified into mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fish.

The Little Hunter

Feathery Friend

Little Kangaroo

Fennec fox are predators but they are hunted by eagles and jackals. These cute critters use their ears to keep out the sun and to release heat as well so they don’t get too hot. Fennec foxes eat bugs and jerboas. They are nocturnal but they sometimes come out in the daytime.

Eagles are flying predators that feast on rodents. Don’t let mice outside if they are pets. They are active during the day and they have great eyesight to spot prey. They are also called raptors or birds of prey the will eat any thing smaller than them.

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Jerboas, also known as the kangaroo mouse, are very tiny, and they eat only plants, which makes them an herbivore. Their main predators are eagles and fennec fox. These little creatures are fast because they can jump up to six feet off the ground. They can get away fast and are active in both the daytime and night time.