Recent Desert Questions

• How do cell walls and a cuticle help plants live in the desert?

  3 days ago, 7:33am - All of these plants have eukaryotic cells with cell walls com...

• What is the dry and wet side of a mountain called?

  3 days ago, 1:27am - The dry areas are called rain-shadow deserts and the windward...

• What is the climate of the Arabian peninsula?

  3 days ago, 12:45am - The Arabian peninsula is considered a tropical desert. Summer...

• What is a dry wind called?

  4 days ago, 11:54pm - Harmattan is the name of the dry, dusty trade wind blowing of...

• If you fill a balloon at room temperature and then take them out into the hot desert air, what do you think will happen?

  4 days ago, 11:29pm - Hot air expands so a balloon taken into hot air could burst. ...

• Is there such thing as vampire bats?

  4 days ago, 11:19pm - Vampire bats do exist. They occupy rainforests as well as des...

• What kind of landforms does Antarctica have?

  4 days ago, 11:15pm - Desert mountain plain plateau valley nunatak and glaciers. Th...

• If you fill aballoon at room temperature and then take them out into the hot desert air, what do you think will happen?

  4 days ago, 10:48pm - The balloon would expand as the gas molecules get further apart.

• What kind of vegetation is found in the tropics?

  4 days ago, 10:23pm - Tropical ecosystems may consist of rainforests, dry deciduous...

• What is a desert pavement and how is it formed?

  4 days ago, 10:19pm - Desert pavements are surfaces of closely packed angular or ro...

• What are different types of climate?

  4 days ago, 10:17pm - Types of climate found at different locations around the Eart...

• What are some plants for the desert?

  4 days ago, 9:59pm - Some desert plants are: Barrel Cactus, Brittle Bush, Chainfru...

• How was the Sahara Desert formed?

  4 days ago, 9:44pm - A fairly large ocean once existed where the Sahara Desert is ...

• Which two land biomes receives the least precipitation?

  4 days ago, 9:31pm - Desert and Arctic Deserts and Tundra. Are the two land biomes...

• If a person is at the desert without water how does the human body maintain water balance?

  4 days ago, 9:25pm - A person would only maintain water balance for a few hours. C...

• Is a roadrunner a real bird?

  4 days ago, 9:12pm - The Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) ranges throughout th...

• How were the Nazca Lines formed?

  4 days ago, 9:01pm - The Nazca Lines are a series of geoglyphs located in the Nazc...

• What are the type of winds called in the Sajara that pick up moisture?

  4 days ago, 8:43pm - A sirocco is a hot, dry, dust-laden wind that blows from the ...

• What is a good desert to make with plantanes and how do you make it?

  4 days ago, 8:40pm - How about Sweet Plantains in Cranberry Syrup? You'll need thr...

• Can you compare the plants that live in the desert with the plants that live in the tundra?

  4 days ago, 8:38pm - All desert plants have adaptations for obtaining and conservi...

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