1. By Will Bashford,Gabe Rupe, and Daniel Rogers

3.  The temperature is annually 20-25 degrees Celsius. The temperature range during the year reaches as high as 40 degrees Celsius and as low as -18 degrees Celsius  The annual precipitation less than 25 cm per year.  The form of precipitation is snow or fog.

4.  Climatograph of Salt Lake City which is in the Temperate Desert of The United States.

5.  Prickly Pear, Sagebrush, Saguaro Cactus, Phreatophytes, Halophytes  Adaptations:  Reduction of leaves, often into spines for protection  Development of the stem as a major photosynthetic structure  Water storage in the stem  Development of defense structures  Coating the plant with a thick waxy cuticle  A dense coating of hairs (trichomes)  Extensive underground root systems

6.  Bactrian Camel, Zebratail Lizard, Grey Wolf, Lynx, Armadillo  Adaptations:  Nocturnal Lifestyle  Living in Burrows  Slender bodies with long limbs  Specialized snouts  Waxy body coatings  Efficient kidneys  Eyes protected from the sun

7.  Development, off-highway vehicle use, livestock overgrazing, construction of roads and utilities, military training exercises, air pollution and the spread of non-native plant species have seriously altered the desert ecosystem over the last century.

8.  As of right now the temperate desert biome is not being protected by humans on a large scale.

9.  http://staff.gpschools.org/mcnamas/Tem perate%20Desert%205.ppt http://staff.gpschools.org/mcnamas/Tem perate%20Desert%205.ppt  http://www.marietta.edu/~biol/biomes/ desert.htm http://www.marietta.edu/~biol/biomes/ desert.htm  http://www.marietta.edu/~biol/biomes/ desert.htm http://www.marietta.edu/~biol/biomes/ desert.htm  http://newsroom.ucr.edu/news_item.htm l?action=page&id=421 http://newsroom.ucr.edu/news_item.htm l?action=page&id=421