TALK ABOUT THESE
1. What is the article about?
2. What is the main idea of each paragraph?
3. What causes an oasis?
4. What consists of a desert?
5. What plants are capable of surviving in deserts?how?
Restate the main idea sentence in each paragraph in your own words.
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Answer:
i can only answer 3 and 4
3.The grains end up as level sheets of sand or are piled high in billowing sand dunes. Other deserts are flat, stony plains where all the fine material has been blown away and the surface consists of a mosaic of smooth stones. These areas are known as desert pavements, and little further erosion takes place.
4.To survive, desert plants have adapted to the extremes of heat and aridity by using both physical and behavioral mechanisms, much like desert animals. Plants that have adapted by altering their physical structure are called xerophytes. Xerophytes, such as cacti, usually have special means of storing and conserving water. They often have few or no leaves, which reduces transpiration.
Phreatophytes are plants that have adapted to arid environments by growing extremely long roots, allowing them to acquire moisture at or near the water.
i found it in my biology encyclopedia