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They both experience less than 10 inches of rain a year; however, one has extremely hot weather (desert), while the other has extremely cold weather.

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How are the tundra and dessert compared?

The tundra and desert are both characterized by extreme temperatures, with the tundra being cold and the desert being hot. They also have limited vegetation due to harsh conditions, but the tundra has permafrost while the desert does not. Additionally, they both play important ecological roles in their respective regions.


What map is use to compare and contrast?

A Venn diagram can be used to compare and contrast two or more topics, showing similarities and differences in a visual way.


Which type of graphic organizer makes it easy to compare and contrast?

A Venn diagram is a type of graphic organizer that makes it easy to compare and contrast. It consists of overlapping circles that show the similarities and differences between two or more items or ideas.


Compare and contrast the topographic and climate features of two or more locations you identified?

Sure, let's compare and contrast: Mount Everest (Nepal) and Death Valley (USA): Mount Everest is the highest peak in the world, located in the Himalayas, while Death Valley is the lowest point in North America, situated in a desert basin. Mount Everest has a cold alpine climate with snow and glaciers, while Death Valley has a hot desert climate with extreme temperatures and arid conditions. The topography of Mount Everest is characterized by snow-capped peaks and rugged terrain, whereas Death Valley features vast salt flats, sand dunes, and canyons.


Why is the tundra zone called the cold dessert?

There are four main desert biomes: hot and dry deserts, semiarid deserts, coastal deserts, and cold deserts. A cold desert is a desert that has snow in the winter instead of just dropping a few degrees in temperature like they would in a hot and dry desert. It never gets warm enough for plants to grow, allowing for the existence of some types of grasses and some varieties of mosses. The animals in cold deserts also have to burrow into the ground, but in the case to keep warm, not cool. Cold desert temperatures in winter range from -2 to 4° C and in the summer 21 to 26° C. Cold deserts usually have lots of snow. They also have rain in the spring. They average 15-26 cm of rain in a year. This does not include snowfall. The tundra zone maintains the only type of weather patterns conducive to the standards of a cold desert biome, establishing a unique biome that has everything in common with its three sister biomes, with the exception of the harsh temperature differences. The tundra weather zone is the only zone on the planet conducive to the sustainability of a cold desert biome, thus the name.