2. • A desert can be the hottest habitat on
Earth.(Warm deserts) They usually are
extended regions filled with sand. There
are no rain.
• But they also can be one of the coldest
places with no sand but snow is
abundant.
3. The Gobi desert is
located between China
The Sahara is located
and Mongolia . It is
in North-Africa. This
surrounded by
is a warmer desert of
mountains and
sand.
steppes. This is a cold
desert.
4. -This is the position of the warm (in red) and cold deserts
(in blue) .
5. • Plants of deserts are adapted to its dry, hot extremes
by using both physical and behavioral mechanisms.
• Plants get their moisture deep within the soil.
• Annuals germinate after heavy rain. They bloom for a
few weeks in spring. Their seeds remain dormant in
the soil until the next year’s rain.
7. • Animals have evolved to handle heat and lack of
water.
• Most can survive on small amounts of water and
many get all the needed water from food.
• Large animals seek shade during the hottest
part. Some animals dig a hollow into the ground
and lie in the cooler soil .
• In cold desert animals are used to living in low
temperatures, protected by its thick skin
