Desert Vegetation

• Geography
• Secondary Education

🐪DESERT VEGETATION🐪 

Desert Vegetation  🏜️

• IN THE TROPICAL REGIONS, DESERTS ARE LOCATED ON THE WESTERN MARGINS OF CONTINENTS.
• DESERT PLANTS HAVE FEW OR NO LEAVES, SUCH AS CACTI.
  
• SHRUBS THAT GROW IN DESERTS HAVE LONG ROOTS TO ABSORB MOISTURE FROM SOIL.

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• THE STEMS STORE WATER AND ARE THICK AND  FLESHY.
• THE LEAVES ARE WAXY, LEATHERY, HAIRY AND NEEDLE-SHAPED TO PREVENT LOSS OF MOISTURE IN SUMMER AND TO REFLECT HEAT.

The Sahara desert touches eleven countries. These are Algeria, Chad, Egypt, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Sudan, Tunisia and Western Sahara.

WILDLIFE ADAPTATION

• Nocturnal desert animals keep cool by being active at night. 
• Some common adaptations are seen in desert animals like big ears, light-coloured coats, humps to store fat, and adaptations that help conserve water.

Meaning:

NOCTURNAL-   

(used about animals and birds) awake and active at night and asleep during the day

ANIMALS FOUND IN DESERTS

• CAMELS
• GOATS
• SNAKES
• LIZARDS
• CHINKARA
• ANTELOPE etc.

Give an example of Hot desert.

Where are deserts located in Tropical regions?

1. On the western margins of continents
2. On the eastern margins of continents
3. On the middle of continents
4. None of the above

Shrubs grown in deserts have...

1. short roots
2. long roots to get more moisture from the soil.
3. long, thick roots to release the moisture.
4. None of the Above

Write a short note on the ADAPTATION OF ANIMALS IN HOT DESERT.

Give some examples of animals found in Hot Deserts.

The Sahara Desert touches how many countries?

1. 11
2. 12
3. 15
4. 14