| Central Question: Where are the planet's arid and semi-arid regions located, and how does their physical location impact the ecosystem? Guiding Thought Question: What perceptions do you have of a desert? Why might those perceptions not be exactly true? Provide an example Today's Learning Objective: Students will discuss issues related to the world's arid and semi-arid regions, and take notes about where and why deserts are located where they are, and what are some particular issues related to deserts. |  |
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31 Comments
Grismack
2/18/2020 12:18:37 pm
Deserts are dry and hot and have little plant life. This can be untrue because there are deserts in Antarctic and it is cold there.
paige
2/18/2020 12:22:02 pm
the definition of a desert has nothing to do with it being hot and dry, therefore deserts can be in various places that aren't only hot.
nellie
2/18/2020 12:22:32 pm
hot. theyre actually cold at night
stevens with a v
2/18/2020 12:24:00 pm
they are scary and hot and they aren't that scary and bare
grey scary
2/18/2020 12:24:09 pm
that deserts get no rain and have no plant life. Deserts get very little rain and can actually have small shrubbery
Stock
2/18/2020 12:24:33 pm
hot and sandy
Sydney
2/18/2020 12:24:44 pm
We are told that they are extremely hot and sunny. Not all deserts are hot, some are cold.
Forget
2/18/2020 12:25:12 pm
The desert is hot, dry, and has very little rain.
Avery Wagoner
2/18/2020 12:25:12 pm
Hot and sandy. This is not true since deserts are cold at night and the Antarctica, which is also a desert, is also cold. They also don’t need sand.
Abby
2/18/2020 12:25:38 pm
People think that deserts are very hot, dry, and sandy. A desert is defined by its minimal amount of precipitation. Deserts can be cold as long as it doesn't have a lot of precipitation.
hoover
2/18/2020 12:26:01 pm
I though that the desert only had cactus but they actually have a lot of animals
Hannah Cochran
2/18/2020 12:26:34 pm
Most people think of deserts as hot and dry. They don't have to be hot and most deserts get really cold at night and also Antarctica is a desert and it is all cold.
Gami
2/18/2020 12:30:20 pm
conditions stay the same, very barren
Kyler Harvey
2/18/2020 12:30:28 pm
That deserts are mostly hot and they don’t have much life although the temperatures at the biggest factor along with dryness
Smith, Ethan
2/24/2020 07:35:00 am
Very low precipitation. generally sandy. lots of reptiles.
Gwen Carl
2/24/2020 07:35:06 am
Deserts are hot and sandy, this is untrue because there are deserts in Antarctica and they most deserts get really cold at night
Chad
2/24/2020 07:35:29 am
they're hot, baren, and don't have much life. This isn't true because some deserts are very cold, and have the ground covered in different cacti. Katpana desert
plague child
2/24/2020 07:35:54 am
well the dessert could be thought of as dead, and sometimes its not dead. Like there are cacti and other stuff
Skipper
2/24/2020 07:36:10 am
Deserts are perceived to be hot, dry and full of sand. This is not true because deserts can get cold at night and also deserts can be cold year around as well.
Nawal Zahid
2/24/2020 07:36:20 am
When I hear desert, I think of an area covered in sand, with very little vegetation, precipitation, and high temperatures. This can be incorrect because the word "desert" can also apply to cold and dry places, like Antarctica, and some deserts can support flora and fauna.
Liv
2/24/2020 07:37:01 am
Hot and sandy with no life. That is wrong because they get cold at night and there are lots of different animals
Vacation
2/24/2020 07:37:44 am
Deserts are very hot and do not have a lot of diversity.
Slacker
2/24/2020 07:37:59 am
The climate that characterizes deserts typically have really warm days and very cold nights. This means that most plants can't grow in these areas.
Arbuckle
2/24/2020 07:39:19 am
The desert is very hot, dry, and there's not much to see. But the desert gets cold at night and there's also a variety of species that live there.
Evan
2/24/2020 07:40:01 am
I, and most people usually think dry, hot, and sand/dried dirt when we think about deserts. This isn't true all the time, because some deserts are arctic, and some deserts are semi arid, meaning less dry than a stereotypical saharan desert kind of ecoregion.
Figs Ju
2/24/2020 07:40:12 am
When I think of desert, I think of dry biome and sand with minimum green. This perception is false since there exists oasis.
Blake
2/24/2020 07:40:24 am
It is hot and humid in the desert but at night very cold. Maybe not all deserts have sand and cacti which is a common misconception.
Jackson
2/24/2020 07:41:58 am
That they are completely uninhabitable and never get rain
Amaya
2/24/2020 07:43:22 am
That Deserts have no plants and that they are flats and dry, when there are deserts that ave hills and more.
Dylan
2/24/2020 07:45:26 am
The dessert is very hot in the day and cold at night. Very little rain. This is wrong because the dessert doesnt have to be hot. Antartica
Fatima
2/24/2020 07:52:01 am
Deserts are hot, dry, an have little to no live organisms or water. These are not completely true because deserts do have some water and there is plenty of animal species. Leave a Reply. |
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