1. By Joseph.B

2.  It has a maximum average temperature of 29
 And minimum average temperature of 14
 And a average mean temp of 23
 It has less than 200ml a year of rain
 Most of the desert is covered in gibber
 Gibber is a landscape with bits of rock
coming out everywhere
 that’s why it’s called Sturt Stony Desert
 The Birdsville track runs through the desert

5.  Scientific name is Atriplex Nummularia
 It has a large double root system
 It is commonly used for cooking
 It grows up to 3 meters in height and 4.5
meters wide
 it has silvery , succulent almost circular
leaves

8.  Scientific name Swainsona Formosa
 It has silky , greyish green , pinnate
leaves(leaves on either side of the stem)
 Long, brilliant red with black spot pea
flowers in clusters
 Floral emblem of South Australia
 It has a large taproot and they have a hard
seed coat

11.  It is a sooty black colour with pale brown
wings
 They are 85 - 105 cm long and 185 - 230 cm
in wingspan
 They feed mostly at sunset and sunrise
 They eat rats, rabbits , small reptiles and
small birds

14.  It is 16.5 to 18 cm long with a 13 to 14 cm
tail
 they eat insects, spiders and sometimes
small lizards
 It breeds in winter
 It is a ashy gray colour
 They have a life span of 3 – 6 yrs