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Deserts
A dry, often sandy region of little rainfall, extreme temperatures, and sparse vegetation
5,820 Questions
What abiotic factor of the desert has the greatest effect on the cactus?
Water, or the lack of water, has the greatest effect on cacti.
What desert is near San Diego?
San Diego is not in a desert. However, the Colorado Desert, part of the greater Sonoran Desert, is just east of there.
What is humidity like in the Chihuahuan Desert?
During most of the year the humidity runs below 20 percent, sometimes in single digits. During the summer monsoon the humidity can get considerably higher, however.
What are the temperatures in the desert?
Each desert has its statistics and temperatures can vary from desert to desert. Temperatures in the Antarctic Desert can plunge to over 100 degrees F. below zero or be has high as 140 degrees F. above zero in the Sahara or Mojave Desert.
Why is the camel important to the people in the deserts?
The camel is important to the people of the desert due to the following reasons:
1. People in the deserts travel on camel.
2. It provides milk to them.
3. Its hair is used to make clothes.
4. Its skin is used to make tents.
5. It is used to plough the feilds.
Why is the desert of India thinly populated?
Actually, the Thar Desert, also known as the Great Indian Desert, is the most densely populated desert on earth. It is not thinly populated.
What do cape hares eat in the Arabian desert?
this species feeds mainly on grasses and other herbaceous (non-woody) plants, but is likely to take bark, buds, shoots and other plant material when the favoured foods are unavailable. Like other hares and rabbits, it maximises the nutrients gained from its food by re-ingesting its faeces, so that food passes through the digestive tract twice.
The roots that lie beneath the saguaro's surface soak up as much as 200 gallons of water -- enough to last a year. This is what sustains the saguaro in the dry desert environment.
What type of cactus has liquid in it?
The only cactus I know that has liquid in it is the Calumnnar Cactus. the Calumnar Cactus's liquid fluids can be obtained by scratching or cutting the surface of it.
A man was found dead in the desert with an unopened package next to him what was in the package?
The parachute that never opened
Is the Great Basin a hot or cold desert?
The Great Basin Desert is considered a cold winter desert. While summers can be quite warm, winters can be bitterly cold in parts of the desert.
What are survival strategies for desert animals?
Nocturnal, big ears for hares to cool off bodies(Air Conditioning in a weird way)
Why do deserts have below 0 degrees temperature at night?
Deserts can get very cold at night because the rocks and sand radiate heat out through the atmosphere into space (no cloud cover to reflect the infrared (heat) wavelengths back to Earth. There is very little water which is one of the greatest heat sinks (retains heat).
What type of plants are adapted to hot dry conditions?
Cacti, pineapples, agaves, and geraniums are some plants that are adapted to hot, dry conditions. They would all survive well in the desert.
Who crossed the Simpson Desert first by vehicle?
Geologist Reg Sprigg, who was the founder of Geosurveys Australia, was the first to cross the Simpson Desert by motorised vehicle. He did this in 1962.
Sprigg departed from Mt Daer, about 11 km north of the border between South Australia and the Northern Territory, heading east until he crossed the border into Queensland, and reached Birdsville.
Why farming is not practiced in desert region?
Farming isn't practiced in the desert regions because of it's temperatures an it's deadly contrast in climate changes. Desert soil is very dry and it doesn't hold the appropriate nutrient value for ordinary crops to be grown. Also the scorching heat is not a favorable condition for crops to be grown (:
What types of decomposers are found in a cold desert?
Fungi and bacteria are the decomposers found in most any biome, including in cold deserts.
What type of desert is the Chihuahuan Desert is it a Hamada Erg or Reg?
W T F? i don't understand what the hell you mean.
# no a desert is defined as an area with little precipitation and no permanent surface water. # Many Australian deserts are described as "stony" deserts. This is because they are mostly covered in small dark "gibber" stones.
