Planet Trinity Biome Expedition

BYÂ Aisha, Kaylee, Katie and Kyra

Desert Biomes

Cover designed by Kaylee

SUMMARY OF BIOME ABIOTIC FACTORS By: Kaylee

•The Sonoran is a hot desert with summer temperatures that exceed 40°C •The temperature often reaches 48°C •The Sonoran desert is one of the wettest deserts and averages from 3 to 16 inches of rain a year.

•It has two rainy seasons, one in the summer and another in the winter.

•The summer rains there are short and heavy

By: Kaylee

Ecological Succession

Primary Succession

Kyra A.

Secondary Succession

An example: The Disturbances are Sonoran Desert was once plentiful in the an empty space. Over Sonoran Desert. A time, shrubs and desert common form of grass formed from the disturbance are fires. heavy winds. After this After a few years, happened, many shrubs and desert different types of plants grass will start to grow began to form, and back. And because of animals started calling that, different plants this their new habitat. As (such as the Bailea) more plants and animals start to grow, and arrived over many years, pretty soon the the once lifeless space animals will come became an important back, and the balance ecosystem. will return!

Primary Producers By: Katie

Saguaros are the biggest cacti in the U.S. that only grow in the Sonoran Desert.

Saguaros have branches (arms) that grow as the cactus grows, however, some never get arms.

Saguaros can live 150-200 years!

Saguaros are currently not endangered or threatened.

Saguaros experience parasitism. The gilded flicker and Gila woodpecker often make cavities in the saguaros, but when they leave, many owls, finches, sparrows, etc. move in

Primary Consumer Madrean Alligator Lizard By: Aisha

The Madrean Alligator Lizard is one of the main primary consumers in the Sonoran desert A long, shiny and smooth lizard that is usually grey or tan in coloring Its tail is usually more than twice the size of its body This Lizard mostly eats insects such as grasshoppers, caterpillars, and moths. It also eats scorpions.

This lizard is mostly hunted by snakes.

Secondary Consumer Elf Owl By: Aisha

The Elf Owl is one of the main secondary consumers in the Sonoran desert This owl has an excellent night vision and hearing.

Its usually found in riparian habitats (place with water) This Lizard such as centipedes, beetles, and moths. It also eats scorpions.

This lizard is hunted by other owls, snakes, coyotes, bobcats, and ringtail When this owl is captured it plays dead until any danger has passed.

TERTIARY CONSUMERS By: Kaylee •Tertiary Consumers are carnivores that eat both secondary and primary consumers.

The coyote is the tertiary consumer in The Sonoran Desert.

•It is at the top of the food chain and eats the things below it which include snakes as the secondary consumers which eat other animals like insects or small birds (etc.)

• The producers are plants that gather and store energy from sunlight, (an example being cacti) the energy comes from the sun, the energy that gives sunlight to the producers.

Food Web By: Kyra

Decomposer s Tertiary Consumers Secondary Consumers

Primary Consumers

Producers

The Desert in the World Subtropical Deserts can be found in By: Kyra

Northern, Eastern, and Southern parts of Africa. Northern China, Southern Magnolia, Southern Kazakhstan, and all Middle Eastern countries. North, East, South, and Western Australia.

Northern Western, and Southern South America. Central and Northern Mexico.

And Eastern and Southern America.

We're in Love with the Desert By: Katie

The desert gets about ten inches of precipitation a year, anything less than that could cause severe issues for everything in them. It could kill all life in the deserts and overall make them useless. Some things people are doing (specifically WWF) is trying not to have desert expansion. If there is a bunch of human life in a fragile ecosystem, the ecosystem can collapse.

Works Cited

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