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Location of Desert
Desert types and temperatures
Biotic and abiotic factors of Desert
Facts about a Desert
Adaptations
100

What is the main source of water in the desert biome?

The main source of water is an oasis. 

100
There is 2 types of deserts that are cold, name one of these deserts?
polar desert or cold winter desert
100

What main adaptation do animals have to have to be able to survive in the desert?

They're able to store water in them.

100
true or false a desert can only be a hot place?
False
100

Where do most animals get their water from?

they get most water from the food they eat

200

What is the ground like in deserts?

The answer would be rocky and hard. Only 10% of all deserts are made of sand.

200

What is the average temperature in the Sahara?

The average temperature of the Sahara desert is 86 degrees 

200

What is the most dominant animals of a warm deserts?

A reptile 

200
About how many square miles of Chinese land turns into desert every year?
1 000
200
Majority of desert animals are _______?
Nocturnal
300

How far north and south of the equator lye most deserts?

Most deserts lye 15 degrees and 35 degrees north and south of the equator.

300
what is the maximum amount of rainfall per year to be classified a desert
around 250mm per yer
300
Name 4 biotic factors in a desert.
camel, snake, cacti, scorpian
300
A record was achieved in 2011 with a man crossing the Sahara desert with a ______?
bicycle
300
What are Succulent plants?
They are plants that store water in fleshy leaves, stems or roots
400

Name the top 10 largest deserts.

Antarctic, Arctic, Sahara, Arabian, Gobi, Kalahari, Pategonian, Great Victorian, Syrian, Great Basin

400
What type of desert is known to include most of the planet's great deserts.
The subtropical desert
400

name 6 abiotic factors in the desert

Sand, Sunlight, water, air, rock and temperature

400

How many deserts does Australia have?

 10 deserts. 

400
some desert animals have none of these to save water.
sweat glands
500

what country is the Taklamakan desert located in.

It's located in Northwest China

500

What is the average rainfall in a coastal desert?

 8-13 centimeters

500

Why are there many different abiotic factors for the desert?

because there are different types of desert around the the world such as hot and dry, semiarid desert, coastal desert, and cold desert.

500

Of the Australian population what percentage live in the desert? (You can be within 5%)

3% of the population live in the Australian deserts

500

Desert plants have developed three main adaptive strategies, what are they?

they are succulence, drought tolerance and drought avoidance.