1. Desert’s Period 2 Earth Science Honors Yang lee and Taylor Jackson

2. Objective’s Gather information about deserts, Great Basin desert and the Victoria Desert Human effect on deserts Geographical formation and brief historical background Desert organisms and their adaptions

3. Glossary Great Basin Semi-Arid Annual Precipitation Largest U.S desert Endemic plants Great Victoria Mid-Latitude Desert Desert Varnish Salt Lakes Quokka

4. Location Figure 1. World map showing the location of the Great Victoria and Great Basin Desert. (Lynn 2010)

5. Great Basin Desert Desert Type: Location: Area: Precipitation: 178-305 mm annual rainfall Temperature: 61°F Once home to Native Americans Figure. 3 The Great Basin Desert (‘Great Basin Desert)

6. Great Victoria Desert   Type of Desert: Mid-Latitude   Location: Australia, West and South States. 120°S to 135°E and 25°S to 30°S   Area: 424,400 km 2   Precipitation: 200-250 annual rainfall  Temperature: Summers: 30 to 40°C Winters: 20 to 25°C Nights: Cold enough for frost Figure 4. The Great Victoria Desert (Hogan and McGinle 2008) (Bradtke 2010)

7. How Victoria became Great Ernest Giles explored in March 1875 When extremely thirsty found a spring Named spring and desert after Queen Victoria (Australian Bush Hospitality Pty. Ltd 2009) Figure 5. Portrait of Queen Victoria (NiceArtGallery.com 2010) Figure 6. Photo of Ernest Giles (National Library of Australia)

8. Method and Materials Gathered information on the Great Basin and Great Victoria Desert Organize information into power-point presentation

9. Great Victoria Desert Landforms Figure 7. Dunes in the Great Victoria (Mead) Figure 8. Salts Lakes (Knowles 2008)

10. Land Feature of the Great basin Caves/ Karst systems Caves/ Karst systems Water sheds Water sheds Faults Faults Mountains Mountains Lakes and ponds Lakes and ponds Rivers and Streams Rivers and Streams Springs and seeps Springs and seeps Figure 9. Great Basin Cave feature (Great Basin National Park)

11. Producers in the great basin Figure 10. Pinyon Pine (www.nps.gov ) Producers Trees and shrubs Flora Endemic Plants Figure 11. Holgrems Buckwheat (www.nps.gov )

12. Producers in Victoria Figure 12. A Sturt Desert Pea ( Australian-Information- Stories 2010) Figure 13. Narrowed-Leafed Hopbush ( Coppermine Photo Gallery 2010) Producers: Strut Desert Pea Narrowed-Leafed Hopbush

13. Consumers in Great Basin Consumers Mountian Lions Coyotes Bobcats Badgers Figure 15. Mountain Lion (Mountain Lions, Mountain Lion Pictures) Figure 14. Bob Cat (celticshub.com)

14. Consumers in Victoria Figure 16. A bilby (Lillian 2005) Figure 17. Kangaroos (Rains 2010) Consumers: Bilby Kangaroo Quokka Dingo Figure 18. Quokka (Carly 2011)

15. Decomposer in the great basin DecomposerBacteria Fungi Figure 20. Polyporus brumalis-Paxillus inviluts (Angeli and Tullii) Figure 19. Boletus edulis (Angeli and Tullii)

16. Decomposers in Victoria Figure 21. Clitocybe odora (Angeli and Tullii) Figure 22. Trametes Veriscolor (Angeli and Tullii) Figure 23. Desert Varnish (Bocco 2011) Decomposers: Fungi Bacteria

17. Human impact on the Great Basin Global Warming could cause extinction of species. Water Pollution Radioactive Test Sites Figure 24. A sign descripting a site of radioactive hazard (www.atomictourist.com/

18. Dangers of Human Activity Cause Off road driving Increased populations causes water demand Animal and Plant collectors Nuclear Weapon Testing Introduction of new animals (Lauren et al 2001) Possible Effects Extinction of native animals and plants Soil erosion Victoria will extremely barren Figure 25. A barren Victoria Desert

19. Conclusion   Deserts in general Ecosystem and organism adaptions Deserts in danger   Specific information deserts The Great Victoria and Basin Desert and their future

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23. Acknowledgements The Internet and the computer

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