Desert Vocabulary
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- Alluvial fan
- An insturment for measuring the speed and direction of the wind.
- Biome
- An area with a certain kind of climate, plants and animals.
- caravan
- a group of people who travel together, with pack animals or vehicles
- crepuscular
- animals that are active at dawn and late afternoon or dusk
- Anemometer
- An instrument for measuring the speed and direction of the wind.
- Aridity
- A long-term lack of moisture.
- Butte
- A small, flat topped hill or small vegetation
- Biota
- The plants and animals together in a biome.
- Canyon
- a deep valley with steep side that is carved over time by flowing water.
- community
- a group of living things that live together and interact with one another
- Annuals
- Plants that last only one year or season. They start growing from seeds each year.
- Arroyo
- a steep-walled, flat-bottomed channel cut into the land by swiftly flowing water.
- Cactus
- These are the most successful desert plants. All parts of this plant have to help it endure the harshest condition.
- conserve
- to use somthing carefully so it doesn't get ruined or used up
- Aquifer
- underground layer of rock with holes where water collects.
- Bactrian Camel
- These camels have two humps, which contain fat.
- consumers
- humans or animals that can't make their own food like plants can
- decomposers
- organisms that get their nourishment from dead organisms, breaking them down into simpler substances
- desertification
- the changing of non-desert land into desert
- diurnal
- animals that are active during the day
- domesticated
- animals who are "tame" because humans have bred them for many years to provide meat, milk, leather, companionship, etc
- dromedary camel
- this camel only has one hump, which stores fat