The document discusses several key facts about the desert biome: - Deserts have extreme temperature ranges from 58-60 degrees F on the hottest days to -36 degrees C on the coldest nights. - Deserts cover 20% of the Earth's land. - Most desert animals only come out at night to avoid the extreme heat during the day. - Sidewinder snakes move sideways in a J-shape pattern leaving tracks in the sand as a primary means of movement. - Camels' humps are made of fatty tissue and store fat, not water. - Hairy scorpions are venomous to prey but not usually dangerous to humans unless one is allergic. - Desert plants

1. Hottest biome on
earth

2. Did you know that
the deserts hottest Did you
day was 58 -60 know that
and the coldest the desert
night was -36 c? covers 20%
of the
earth?
Did you know that
most animals in
the desert come
out at night
because it is to
hot to come out at
day?

3. The common name
Sidewinder is an illusion to its
unusual way of getting around.
Its body moves across the
sand in a side ward motion
leaving a J like Patten in the
sand. Sidewinding is also a
primary way of moving. The
Sidewinder snake is a
venomous snake but is weak
to other rattle snakes.

4. A Camel does not
store water in their
humps. Camels
humps are just fatty
tissue. The Scientific
name for a camel is
genus Camelus. Did
you know that camels
did not have humps
they evolved over the
years.

5. The hairy scorpion is
venomous to prey
such as insects but
they are not
dangerous to
humans unless you
are allergic. They are
8-9 different types of
hairy scorpions. And
can grow to about
14-15 cm long.

6. A desert flora copes in the desert by
adaptation to the temperature of the desert
by using both physical and behavirol
mechanisms.
The saguaro cactus. has a waxy skin and is
covered in about two inch spines which are
located on the trees vertical spines. In May and
June the cactus grows a creamy white flowers
with a yellow centers that measure up to about
three inches.

7. Here are a few Sahara
deserts. desert in
The Thar Africa.
desert in
India.
Gobi desert
in Asia.
Sonoran
desert in
Mexico.