Vocabulary
Weather
Mountain Animals
Desert Animals
Desert Life
100
A piece of land that is higher than a hill and stands much higher than the land around it.
What is a mountain
100
Air is ___________ in high places than in low places.
What is colder
100
Bighorn sheep live high in the mountain in ___________ and _______________
What is late spring and summer
100
Many animals get water from their _____________
What is food
100
True or False? Deserts can be found in Texas
What is True
200
A natural part of the earth's surface that is easy to see
What is a physical feature
200
Clouds begin in the _________
What is west
200
Bighorn sheep are able to _________ quickly
What is climb
200
A ________________ gets most of its water from the seeds it eats
What is kangaroo rat
200
Many deserts are cool at ______________ and in the ____________
What is night and in the winter
300
How hot or cold the air is
What is the temperature
300
Clouds must _______ to pass over mountains
What is rise
300
Bighorn sheep can easily escape their _________________ on rocky mountainsides.
What is predators
300
Kangaroo rats dig ____________ because the earth is cooler than the desert soil
What is burrows
300
Temperatures and _______________ are problems for plant life
What is rainfall
400
A line where trees can no longer grow
What is the timberline
400
________ clouds can not hold as much water
What is cold
400
When fall comes animals climb down the mountain before __________ covers their food
What is snow
400
Snakes and other animals do their hunting at ___________
What is night
400
Cactus roots are ________________ and _____________
What is long and shallow
500
The usual weather of an area over a long period of time
What is climate
500
More precipitation falls on the __________ side of the mountain
What is west
500
Bighorn sheep use their ___________ to protect themselves from their predators
What is horns
500
An elf owl makes its home in _____________________
What is a hole in a cactus
500
There are few decaying plants so the soil does not have much ______________
What is humus
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