This biome contains plants that are adapted to prevent water loss due to the low average rainfall and high temperatures year-round.

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Biology

Houston Noble

4 April, 20:22

This biome contains plants that are adapted to prevent water loss due to the low average rainfall and high temperatures year-round.

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Kailee Hood · Answer 1

This is a Desert Biome.

Explanation:

There are hot deserts and cold desert. Here the question is stating about the hot deserts. Hot deserts are characterized by extremely hot and arid climate. Average annual range of rainfall is as low as 25 cm. Deserts lack vegetation except at some patches. Plants that survive in hot deserts have several adaptation to check the loss of water through transpiration. These adaptation include, succulent stems, cuticularized epidermis, Reduction of leaves into spines or thorns, stems modified into phylloclades and deep roots to absorb water.

Zoie · Answer 2

This is a Desert Biome.

Explanation:

Hot and dry deserts can be found in North America, Central America, South America, southern Asia, Africa, and Australia. Well-known hot and dry deserts include the Mojave and the Sahara. The main characteristics of Desert Biome are: little rainfall (less than 50 centimeters per year), temperatures vary greatly between day and night, high evaporation rates, coarse-textured soils and drought-resistant vegetation