Tessa+S.

Tessa Surcouf

Climate
 * __What is the weather like in the dry parts of the Sahara?__**
 * The weather in the Sahara in very dry and arid. Also, it has extreme tempuratures, from raging hot(Higher then 136°) in the day, and freezing at night(Can be around 86°, and can drop up to 41° even if it was around 104° during the day) . Its average rainfall is less then five inches.

 The extremely barren Sahara Desert and some traveling nomads.


 * __How do you think a Tuareg's life might be different from that of someone who lives along the Nile?__**
 * Tuareg are always traveling, and therefore, used to it. If you are living on the Nile, you don't really travel, maybe just going to a town to get supplies. Plus, Tuareg are usually in groups with others.

A house on the Nile River, in Egypt.


 * __In what ways do people react to environmental conditions in different areas of the Sahara?__**
 * They wear robes and turbans to protect them from the sun's heat. Some also put marks on their faces to protect from the sun's glare. The majority of the clothing is light. Sandals are also common.

A nomad and his interesting clothing.


 * __In what ways are people trying to control their environment?__**
 * They use irrigation to get water to their crops. Storing and finding water is very important too incase a drought comes. Some water, minus the Nile River's, can come from the dew drops of plants.

__**Why do farmers use irrigation?**__
 * To get water to their crops from the Nile River instead of having to walk back and forth, or using up their own personal water supplies.


 * __How do dams affect farming?__**
 * They have giant dams that prevent the Nile River from flooding, since if it did, it would ruin the crops.

__**How is the land changing in the Sahel?**__
 * They have less vegetation growth because it doesn't really rain there. Also, animals cause a lot of overgrazing, and since it doens't rain, the grass doesn't grow back. Sadly, the change doesn't seem to be for the better.

media type="youtube" key="hV0TgbeZOKY" height="385" width="480" **<** A Tuareg camp, and a *lot* of cultural diversity.

Savanna Chapter 2

**__How is the savanna different from the Sahara? Describe its location.__** The Sahara is in northern Africa and is dry year round, while the savanna is all over Africa and has a dry and rainy season.

The savanna.

Well, grasses and trees grow with the sun and water, herbivors(plant-eating ) eat the plants, and carnivors(meat-eating) eat the herbivors. This is called the food chain. Without one of them, the other would starve and die.
 * __How do both herbivores and carnivores depend on the savanna?__**



When animals migrate, they often break fences. These fences can be borders with one country and another, so, to make sure that this doesn't happen, they merge them. This causes countries to be friendly with each other, make money, and tourists won't have to obtain permission to cross borders. National Parks
 * __Why are so many countries joining their national parks together?__ **

__**How are national parks sometimes a problem for people of the savanna? In what ways do they help people of the savanna?**__ Hunters and farmers do not like this because hunters obviously cannot hunt since the animals are under protection, and farmers often loose good land because animals come on it. They sometimes can't get more land, either because of the animals.

Well, they have over 3,000 jobs for people, and these jobs are park rangers, safari guides, or anything else that tourists would need. Local artists also make items to sell to locals and tourists alike. This gives people money, a job, and protects the wildlife all at once.
 * How does sustainable development help people and animals in Kruger National Park in South Africa? **

__Chapter 3__ When herbivors eat the flowers, buts, fruits, and leaves, the seeds travel all over the rainforest and it grows in different places. Plants grow in countless shapes and sizes.
 * __Describe characteristics of plant growth in the rain forest. Describe what you might see while walking in a rain forest. How might your skin feel? What might you hear?__**

A rain forest in Africa.

__**Why are chimpanzees becoming endangered?**__ Chimpanzees are being hunted for their meat and also losing their habitats. We build to evolve, but they suffer for it.

A chimpanzee and a white tiger.

They have convinced the government to control a large part of the rain forest. They do allow logging, but they decide how much and what is cut down. Taking care of the forest allows them to make money and give jobs.
 * __How are the Baka people helping themselves and areas of the rain forest at the same time?__**

It holds the water that the rain forest cannot hold. Millions of people depend on the water for power, trading along it, fishing, and water.
 * __In what ways is the Congo River important to the many people living there?__**

A beautiful picture of the Congo River.