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    Most animals in the Sonoran desert live among cacti, which provide shelter and food. Gila woodpeckers nest in holes in cacti, while cactus wrens use a type of cholla cactus called "teddy bear cholla" to build nests. When it rains, saguaro cacti spread their roots to absorb water and produce flowers that provide food for insects and bats, while seeds left on the ground are collected by ants. During hot days, many animals like lizards and tortoises hide from the sun, while at night kangaroo rats come out to feed and predators such as rattlesnakes and coyotes are also active.

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    Most animals in the Sonoran desert live among cacti, which provide shelter and food. Gila woodpeckers nest in holes in cacti, while cactus wrens use a type of cholla cactus called "teddy bear cholla" to build nests. When it rains, saguaro cacti spread their roots to absorb water and produce flowers that provide food for insects and bats, while seeds left on the ground are collected by ants. During hot days, many animals like lizards and tortoises hide from the sun, while at night kangaroo rats come out to feed and predators such as rattlesnakes and coyotes are also active.

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    THE Sonoran Desert: Interactions

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    Most animals in the Sonoran desert live among cacti, which provide shelter and food. Gila woodpeckers nest in holes in cacti, while cactus wrens use a type of cholla cactus called "teddy bear cholla" to build nests. When it rains, saguaro cacti spread their roots to absorb water and produce flowers that provide food for insects and bats, while seeds left on the ground are collected by ants. During hot days, many animals like lizards and tortoises hide from the sun, while at night kangaroo rats come out to feed and predators such as rattlesnakes and coyotes are also active.

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    How animals depend on cacti plant

    Most animals in
    Introduction
    desert live among the Life in the Sonoran desert
    cacti. Gila
    woodpeckers make Organisms in desert have adaptations so
    their nest by making that they can survive in the desert.
    holes in the cacti. Different animals and plants would
    Cactus wrens use a interact together for them to survive.
    type of cactus called
    a teddy bear cholla,
    to make their nests. Affect of rain to living-things
    When it rain, plant called 'saguaro cacti'
    will spread out their roots to absorb rain.
    Many of the plants will produce flowers
    which is beneficial for insects and bats
    Non-living things in the desert
    that feed on nectar and pollen. Seeds
    that are left on the ground will be
    There are interactions between the collected by ants to provide food store.
    organisms and the non-living parts of their Some seeds that are uneaten may
    environment. Some examples of it are: germinate to produce plant.

    •Light- It can help the plant to make food Affect of sunny day to living-things
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    •Temperature-It help animals from During hot days, many
    overheating. animals like lizards and
    tortoises will hide from
    •Soil- It help to make plant grow. the heat from the
    Suns. When it is
    INTERACTIONS
    Affect
    colder in night time,of
    •Water- It help organisms to keep their
    cell alive.
    kangaroo rats come
    out to feed, predators
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    •Air- It provide carbon dioxide for plant
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    such as rattlesnakes SONORAN
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    and coyotes.
    to photosynthesis and also help organism
    with respiration.

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