Desert

• Two types- Cold desert (largest is Antarctica) and hot deserts (largest is the Sahara).

• Deserts make about roughly one fifth of the surface of the earth.

• Extreme temperatures in both types. 

• Cold desert can reach -100 F.  Hot desert over 100 F.

• Less than five inches of rainfall in a year. 

• Plants are mostly found in the hot deserts which include cactus.  Any plant in a hot desert must be adapted to conserve water. 

• Animals are the types with little need for water.  Includes reptiles, small mammals and kangaroo rats.

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Students:

Assume you were on an episode of survivor.  What types of equipment, skills and general knowledge would you want to get by in a hot desert?  What about a cold desert?  If you were trying to survive which of the two would you rather be in?  Email me a three to five page paper answering these questions.  Use a minimum of three sources.  Due in two weeks.