Deserts Down Under
What's the Main Idea?
Many plants and animals have adapted to desert life.
What is a marsupial?
An animal that carries her babies in a special pouch.
How does a camel survive in the desert?
It needs very little water. They get water from the foods they eat.
What does venomous mean?
Poisonous
What are arachnids?
Spiders.
What does adapted mean?
To get used to.
What is a joey?
A baby kangaroo.
They cannot fly, but have wings.
A thorny devil changes color to blend into the sand. This is called ___
Camouflage
True or False: Scorpions do not like bright light.
True.
Who are the people from the desert?
Aboriginals
Kangaroos travel in groups called...
mobs
Why are the wedge-tailed eagle fair?
They stay in their own area to hunt for food.
The water holding frog stays for long periods of time without leaving its burrow. What is a burrow?
A home under the ground-like a hole.
How have animals adapted to life in the Australian desert?
*Store food
*Burrow underground
*Drink less water
*Camouflages
*Search for water
Which continent is the driest?
Australia
How does the numbat survive in the desert?
By hiding in old, hollow logs.
What do the birds do whey the lakes are dry?
They move.
What is the name of Australia's most venomous snake?
The taipan.
What is the sentence that tells about a photograph?
A caption.
Name one of the largest deserts in Australia.
The Great Sandy Desert
The Tanami Desert
The Great Victoria Desert
The Simpson Desert
What does the numbat eat?
They use their claws to dig for insects.
or
They use their long, sticky tongue to eat termites.
How tall is an emu?
As tall as a person.
What was the author's purpose for writing this text?
To INFORM you about how desert animals survive.
Who am I: I am nocturnal. I hunt for spiders and insects at night. Sometimes, I eat snakes, mice, and lizards.
I am a Scorpion!