Question

Describe how the three major types of deserts differ in their climate and vegetation. How do plants and animals survive?

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

1. Tropical deserts: Hot and dry most of the year; They have a few plants and a hard, windblown surface strewn with rocks and some sand.

2. Temperate deserts: Hot in the summer and cold in the winter; There is more precipitation than tropical deserts; The sparse vegetation primarily consists of widely dispersed, drought-resistant shrubs and cacti or other succulents adapted to the lack of water and temperature variations.

3. Cold deserts: Winters are cold, summers are warm or hot, and precipitation is low; Desert plants and animals have adaptations that help them to stay cool and to get enough water to survive.

b)

Plants and animals survive because They have adaptations that help them to stay cool and to get enough water to survive.

Answer 2

a)

1. Tropical deserts: Hot and dry most of the year; They have a few plants and a hard, windblown surface strewn with rocks and some sand.

2. Temperate deserts: Hot in the summer and cold in the winter; There is more precipitation than tropical deserts; The sparse vegetation primarily consists of widely dispersed, drought-resistant shrubs and cacti or other succulents adapted to the lack of water and temperature variations.

3. Cold deserts: Winters are cold, summers are warm or hot, and precipitation is low; Desert plants and animals have adaptations that help them to stay cool and to get enough water to survive.

b)

Plants and animals survive because They have adaptations that help them to stay cool and to get enough water to survive