DESERT BIOME

CLIMATE/PRECIPITATION

• All months have average temperatures over 64 degrees
• The precipitation in hot and dry deserts usually have very little rain fall
• Has no concentrated rainfall and short periods between long rainless periods
• This averages out to under 15 cm a year

FEATURES/BIODIVERSITY

• Deserts over about one fifth of the earth land surface
• There are sand storms and dust storms that occur
• Hot deserts are warm during spring/fall and hotter when it's summer
• Some plants are able to grow because some adaption have the ability to store water for a long period of time

DESERT PRODUCERS

• SALT BUSH
• Gets it's name from salty deposition on it's leave
• Often mistaken for sagebrush

DESERT PRODUCERS

• TUMBLED WEED
• A tumbled weed is an above the ground plant
• Tumbles away in the wind

DESERT PRODUCERS

• DESERT LILY
• Native Americans used flower as food

DESERT PRODUCERS

• JOSHUA TREE
• Fast growers

DESERT PRODUCERS

• BRITTLEBUSH
• Has 13 pedals
• Mistaken for a sunflower

PRIMARY CONSUMERS

• CAMELS
• Can store months of watering the hump of there back
• Regular camel can grow up to be 40 years or maybe even older

PRIMARY CONSUMER

• RABBITS
• They adapt to the desert because of there big ears
• They can detect prey
• Hear preditors
• They look out for ( bobcats , coyotes )

PRIMARY CONSUMERS

• KANGAROO RATS
• type of rodent
• Can jump really high to help them escape predators
• Keep away from ( kit fox , barn owl , & coyote

PRIMARY CONSUMERS

• TORTOISES
• They are herbivores
• Weight up to 500 pounds
• Up to 5 ft long
• There shell is their way to get out of the sun

SECONDARY-CONSUMERS

• FENNEC
• From the Sahara desert
• There huge bat like ears radiate heat to keep them cool
• Also can be house pets

SECONDARY-CONSUMERS

• ROSY BOA
• Nocturnal animal
• Comes out at night to get its prey

SECONDARY-CONSUMERS

• COMMON KING SNAKES
• Long favorite among collectors
• Hide under various items due to there environment
• Give off a smelly musk when captured and may bite

TERTIARY CONSUMERS

• SHREW
• Small rodent , sharp teeth , bad temper
• Eat other shrews
• Kill anything larger than them by sneaking up

TERTIARY CONSUMER

• SERVAL
• Grow large ears to cool itself
• Sharp teeth and razor like claws

DECOMPOSER

• BACTERIA

DECOMPOSER

• FUNGI

PRIMARY ENERGY SOURCE

• SUN
• Sunlight dry plant life
• Microscopic forms of life survive by using energy of sunlight

5 ABIOTIC FACTORS

• Sand
• Water
• Air
• Temperature
• Sunlight

SPECIFIC ABOUT BIOME

• Sand dunes , sand storm
• The air is dry and hot , humid
• Temperature drops during the night

HOW IT IMPACT

• Define by its lack of water
• Many plants are succulent
• Plant store and retain water
• Animals have many adaption to prevent overnight or drying out

FOOD WEB

• Hawk - lizard
• Kit fox - snakes
• Snakes - rodents kangaroo , rats
• Lizard - insects

CARBON CYCLE

• Non-stop continuous process
• Involves the desert plant absorbing carbon dioxide
• Together with water and sunlight in the process
• Called photosynthesis

NITROGEN CYCLE

• Begins with the plants
• Are consumed by insect and reptile
• Creatures are eaten by secondary consumers
• Fungi break down the dead body for plant growth

CITATIONS

• http://desertbiomepro.weebly.com
• http://desertbiomepro.weebly.com/food-chainfood-web.html
• http://citadel.sjfc.edu/students/naa07113/e-port/decomposers.html
• http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/desert.htm
• http://digital-desert.com/wildlife/food-chains/food-pyramid.html