Desert Dinners: Studying Food Webs In The Desert

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Weaving a Desert Web A community of plants and animals and the ways they interact with each other and their surroundings form an ecosystem Desert ecosystems cover a third of Earth’s land Hot or cold hilly or flat sandy or rocky they all have one thing in common deserts receive 10 inches 25 centimeters or less of rain each year Plants and animals must have adaptations to make their home in this parched habitat They must have special ways to survive Although South America’s Atacama a cold winter desert sits next to the Pacific Ocean it receives the least amount of moisture of any place on Earth 6