Habitat mystery deserts
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This document describes a desert habitat. It discusses how deserts receive little rainfall, have hot and cold temperatures, and sparse vegetation like cacti, mesquite, and yucca that have adapted to store water. Animals like snakes, lizards, rabbits, and birds obtain water from their food or hide underground. The document notes that deserts cover 30% of the Earth's surface and provide scientific research, minerals, plant medicines, and recreation. It confirms the habitat being described is a desert by asking the reader to identify features like its dryness, few animals and plants, and difficulty finding food and water.
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Habitat mystery deserts
- 1. Try to determine which of these four habitats is being described.
- 2. This is a quick memory game. You can play alone or with a friend. There is absolutely no assignment to go with this, so when you see a question, you just think or say the answer but there is nothing to write. Have some fun with this.
- 3. Habitat Habitat is a place where plants and animals meet their needs for: Food Water Shelter A place to raise their young
- 4. This habitat: Gets less rain in a year than most plants and animals need to survive https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3c/Amargosa_desert.jpg
- 5. Many animals: Hide below ground or under rocks in order to keep cool https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Striped_S kunk.jpg/1200px-Striped_Skunk.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/Fox_Den_2_%2815 198999401%29.jpg
- 6. Temperatures here can be Very hot and dry https://get.pxhere.com/photo/landscape-sand-rock-desert-valley-formation-cliff-usa-america-table- mountain-places-of-interest-geology-utah-badlands-plateau-wide-navajo-ecosystem-wadi-butte- reddish-landform-monument-valley-south-west-wild-west
- 7. Temperatures can be Extremely cold http://www.ageofarmour.com/images/snow/desert-snow-3.jpg
- 8. Not many plants and animals live here https://get.pxhere.com/photo/nature-ground-texture-desert-floor-wall-land-asphalt-dry-dirt-soil- dried-surface-earth-climate-disaster-drought-dry-land-526703.jpg
- 9. Light is very bright during the day. There is little to no shade here. https://get.pxhere.com/photo/landscape-sand-desert-dune-adventure-summer-travel-dry-africa-desert-landscape- outdoors-sunny-hot-habitat-sahara-wadi-landform-erg-natural-environment-geographical-feature-aeolian-landform- singing-sand-541767.jpg
- 10. Little moisture and precipitation In geography, an oasis or cienega is an isolated area of vegetation in a desert, typically surrounding a spring or similar water source. Oases also provide habitat for animals and even humans if the area is big enough. The location of oases has been of critical importance for trade and transportation routes in desert areas; caravans must travel via oases so that supplies of water and food can be replenished. Thus, political or military control of an oasis has in many cases meant control of trade on a particular route. For example, the oases of Awjila, Ghadames, and Kufra, situated in modern-day Libya, have at various times been vital to both North-South and East-West trade in the Sahara Desert. Oases are formed from underground rivers or aquifers such as an artesian aquifer, where water can reach the surface naturally by pressure or by man-made wells. Occasional brief thunderstorms provide subterranean water to sustain natural oases, such as the Tuat. Substrata of impermeable rock and stone can trap water and retain it in pockets, or on long faulting subsurface ridges or volcanic dikes water can collect and percolate to the surface. Any incidence of water is then used by migrating birds, which also pass seeds with their droppings which will grow at the water's edge forming an oasis. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Wetlands/S elected_article/30 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Oasis_in_Libya.jpg/1200px- Oasis_in_Libya.jpg UBARI OASIS IN SOUTHWESTERN LIBYA. PHOTO: SFIVAT.
- 11. What is an oasis? Oases that are fed by above-ground rivers, like the Nile River, can be created by underground aquifers and rock layers thousands of miles away. This vital relationship between oases and rivers mean that water sources can be maintained and created even with no water sources visible nearby. Other geological features like lakes, streams and oceans can also be sources of water in an oasis depending on the location. Wikipedia. Oasis. Web November 2014. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oasis National Geographic. Education. Encyclopedia: Oasis. November 2014. Web November 2014. http://education.nationalgeographic.c om/education/encyclopedia/oasis/?ar_a=1 AN OASIS AROUND MANZANITA SPRING. THE SPRING FLOWS STEADILY YEAR- ROUND, MAKING IT AN IMPORTANT WATER SOURCE FOR THE DESERT SURROUNDING THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS IN TEXAS. PHOTO: WING-CHI POON https://www.geographyrealm.com/oasis-get-water/
- 12. Sudden rains result in plants that bloom very quickly. https://adventuresofpotlibaba.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/blooming-desert-badlands-utah-9.jpg
- 13. Plants Store water and use it slowly Most plants have a thick, waxy coating that keeps moisture inside. https://i.vimeocdn.com/video/410346332_1280x720.jpg https://i.stack.imgur.com /WMWSy.jpg
- 14. Some of the plants that live here are Cactus/cacti https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb /a/a3/Late_Bloomer.jpg/220px-Late_Bloomer.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1 /1c/Various_Cactaceae.jpg
- 18. Animals Many get their water from the food that they eat. https://lifeisaroadtrip.files.wordpress.com/2 011/03/5490104955_08e4c5f8df_b.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/com mons/thumb/1/11/Spermophilus_tereticaudus _Phoenix_1.jpg/1200px- Spermophilus_tereticaudus_Phoenix_1.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons /6/6d/Jackrabbit2_crop.JPG http://www.prbo.org/calpif/images/GIWO_ IT.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c9/199 9_Sonoran_Desert_stamp_sheet.jpg
- 19. Some are hot.
- 21. Some deserts are not hot at all. Antarctica, also called the South Pole, is home to some well-known animals. http://1.bp.blogspot.com/- EdpscvvIEDU/UbjN4r7TqtI/AAAAAAAABu8/RpOECrIPiIM/s1600/an tartic+wildlife.png https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Antarct ica_regions_map.png/250px-Antarctica_regions_map.png
- 22. Antarctica is a cold desert https://www.universetoday.com/111827/nasa-west- antarctic-ice-sheet-findings-glacier-loss-appears- unstoppable/ https://www.express.co.uk/news/science/616356/What-global-warming-Nasa-Antarctic-ice- INCREASING-135BILLION-TONNES-year
- 23. This habitat: Is the driest. Has the least animals living in it. Has the fewest plants. Would be hardest to find food in. Name this habitat. Let’s see how much you know! Remember the pictures. Think about what we talked about. Think about what you learned.
- 24. This habitat benefits people Provides a place for scientific research Minerals Medicines from plants Recreational activities Cover about 30% of Earth’s surface. They are a part of the Earth’s system that creates constant recycling and renewal of air and wind
- 25. Biotic & abiotic features Show what you know! Name four living things that live in this habitat. Name four non-living things you would find in this habitat.
- 26. Good luck! Thank you for watching. https://www.hdwallpapers.in/walls/cat_and_fish-HD.jpg
- 27. Credits Economic Oasis: Revealing the true value of the Mojave Desert: http://www.defenders.org/resources/publications/programs_and_policy/science_and_economics/conservation_economic s/economic_oasis.pdf Defenders of Wildlife: http://www.defenders.org/wildlife_and_habitat/habitat/desert.php Desert Biome Maps: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/biomes/desert/desert.shtml