Bekah natsci

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Temperate Desert
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Temperate Desert

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Vegas, Vegas, Vegas?

All you can think about Vegas are casinos, hotels, circus…

But behind those buildings is the DESERT.

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A map wherein Las Vegas is located.

Geographical Location:•Las Vegas is located within the Clark country with dry desert floors.

Amount of precipitation:•roughly 4.5 in (110 mm). Rainfall often fall on the winter season and there is lesser rainfall during the summer season.

Climate:•Has mild winters during the hot and cold summers.

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Common Vegetation

Common name: Creosote-Bursage FlatsScientific name: Larrea tridentata

It happens throughout the Las Vegas area on broad flats and gently-sloping hillsides mainly at elevations below 4,000 feet where annual precipitation is 6 inches or less and unreliable.

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Common name: Mojave YuccaScientific name: Yucca schidigera

•It is also known as the Spanish Dagger•Each part of the plant has different uses.•The leaves were used as ropes, the roots as soaps, and the seeds were ground into flour

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Common name: White Bursage

Scientific name: Ambrosia dumosa•It has been studied to determine interactions with creosote bush, which produces a chemical that inhibits the growth of A. dumosa. • roots produce a chemical that causes them to grow away from nonspecific roots, preventing competition for water resources.

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Common Animals Common name: Sidewinder Rattlesnake

Scientific name: (Crotales cerastes)

•It is very poisonous•It uses its venom to eat its prey

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Common name: Sonoran Desert Toad Scientific name: (Bufo alvarius)

•Their diet is commonly insects•They have toxins in which they release when being attacked

Common name: Kangaroo RatScientific name: Dipodomys

•Their diet are fruits, insects, and buds•Like the kangaroo, they hop and they have small pouches under their mouth to put their food

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The Food Chain

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Importance

•The importance of this biome in my course is that it can be an attraction to some tourist. Since my course is about hospitality or serving people, deserts can be one of the t0p tourist spots in the world. The flora and fauna in the desert can not be used in the culinary department but in terms of tourism, this is important.

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• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Las_Vegas,_Nevada#Geography_and_climate

• http://www.wordtravels.com/Cities/Nevada/Las+Vegas/Climate

• http://www.birdandhike.com/Veg/_Veg_index.htm• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yucca_schidigera• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambrosia_dumosa• http://www.desertanimals.net/desertanimals/

sidewinderrattlesnake.html• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kangaroo_rat