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DESERT BIOMES

DESERT BIOMES . ABOVE IS THE WORLDS DESERT BIOMES. ABIOTIC FACTORS OF DESERT BIOMES. THE DESERT TEMPRITURES ARE NORMALY ASSUMED TO BE HOT BUT THERE ARE SOME COLD DESERTS. The normal climate is hot and muggy and sometimes humid but not mild humidity.

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DESERT BIOMES

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  1. DESERT BIOMES ABOVE IS THE WORLDS DESERT BIOMES.

  2. ABIOTIC FACTORS OF DESERT BIOMES • THE DESERT TEMPRITURES ARE NORMALY ASSUMED TO BE HOT BUT THERE ARE SOME COLD DESERTS. • The normal climate is hot and muggy and sometimes humid but not mild humidity. • There is very low rainfall and rarely any moisture except for deep in the ground.

  3. ANIMALS FOUND IN DESERT BIOMES • Desert animals have evolved to handle the desert's heat and lack of water. They have adapted their bodies and behaviors to the desert climate. Most can survive on small amounts of water and many get all of their water from their food. Some drink maybe once a week and travel a lot of distance to find isolated waterholes and springs. Large animals seek shade during the hottest part of the day. Some animals dig a hollow depression into the ground and lie in the cooler soil while others are nocturnal. Many reptiles and other animals protect themselves from the extreme temperature by spending their time in burrows. about each.

  4. DESERT PRODUCERS • Cactus is a water based plant that requires little food or water perfect for desert conditions. How Do Plants Survive the Desert? -- Desert plants have adapted to the extremes of heat and aridity by using both physical and behavioral mechanisms, much like desert animals. The ingenuity and variety of these many adaptations are explored in desert survival.

  5. Desert plants • The desert Lillie is a special type that requires very low water unlike its relatives. • Mojave and Sonoran deserts of southeastern California, western Arizona and northwestern Mexico. • Habitat • Sandy desert flats and slopes below 2500 feet. .Large, cream-colored, funnel-shaped flowers, 2-1/2 inches wide, bloom March through May. Flowers have 6 petal-like segments, each with a silver-green band on the back. Clusters of these fragrant flowers may be as much as much as a foot long. The desert willow is found in the mojave and is an adaptive tree that requires less water than most cactuses.

  6. Desert consumers • Desert consumers are mainly lizard or snakelike animals that either eat other organisms or require little to survive on they include most lizards snakes and also scorpions.

  7. Food chains • The animals eat the smaller ones the birds eat the left overs and the big ones eat the birds. 4th Trophic Level:Tertiary ConsumersCarnivoresThese are high level consumers, carnivores that will eat other carnivores. 3rd Trophic Level:Secondary ConsumersSmall CarnivoresThe predators are the secondary consumers. They occupy the third trophic level. Again we see cold-blooded animals, such as snakes, insect-eating lizards, and tarantualas. Only about 2 Kilocalories per square meter per year are stored in their bodies. In the harsher desert environments, they are the top predators

  8. Dangers of the desert • The dangers of the desert include animals (coyotes). Scorpions, spiders, and lizards. Snakes. • Some climatic dangers include dehydration and quicksand. • There is no real pollution damage due to the low life and resources there.

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