Desert Animals
This animal has a hump and can go a long time without drinking water.
Who is a camel?
This spiky plant stores water inside its stem and is often found in deserts.
What is the cactus?
This bright object in the sky makes the desert so hot during the day.
What is the sun?
This is the largest hot desert in the world, located in Africa.
What is the Sahara Desert
This important resource is hard to find in the desert, so plants and animals must conserve it.
What is water?
This desert reptile has a rattle at the end of its tail to warn others.
What is the rattlesnake
These are the sharp points on a cactus that help protect it from animals.
What are spines?
Some deserts get very cold, especially this desert in Antarctica.
What is Antarctic desert
The Sonoran Desert, famous for its saguaro cacti, is found in this country.
What is the United States?
Camels store this in their humps to help them survive in the desert.
Who is fat?
This desert animal is known for its long ears and hops around on strong back legs.
What is the jackrabbit?
This desert plant rolls across the ground when the wind blows.
What is tumbleweeds?
During the daytime, the desert can get hotter than this high number of degrees Fahrenheit.
What is 100 degrees?
This desert in the United States is home to Las Vegas and Death Valley.
What is the Mojave Desert
People lost in the desert can find water by looking for these plants with deep roots.
What is cacti?
This fast bird runs instead of flying and was in a famous cartoon with a coyote.
What is the roadrunner?
This desert tree is named after a famous Bible character.
What is a Joshua tree?
The desert can be both the hottest and coldest place in one day because there are few of these to trap heat.
What are clouds?
This desert in China and Mongolia is known for its giant sand dunes
What is the Gobi Desert
People wear light-colored clothing in the desert to help reflect this.
What is sun-light?
This nocturnal animal comes out at night and is known for its "masked" face.
What is the desert fox?
This plant is called a "living rock" because it looks like a stone to blend in.
What is lithops?
At night, deserts can get very cold—even below this number of degrees Fahrenheit.
What is 32?
This South American desert is one of the driest places on Earth.
What is the Atacama desert?
Some desert animals rest or sleep during the day and come out at night. This is called being
What is nocturnal?