2. What is a desert like?
• Deserts are very dry.
• Deserts can be found on most continents.
• In winter Antarctica is the coldest
windiest place on Earth.(Antarctica is a desert)
• Ice deserts can get up to -72 degrees
Fahrenheit.
3. What animals live in the desert and
how do they adapt?
• Camels Store food in their hump(s)
• Gila monster
• Scorpions have a poisonous sting to defend
themselves.
• Harris hawk
• Elephants
• American bison
• Snakes use camouflage
• A jackrabbits body heat escapes through it’s ears.
4. Plants that grow in deserts are…
• Cacti
• Grasses
• Shrubbery
• Flowers
• Naras trees
• Acacia trees
5. Interesting facts about the desert
• The Harris hawk lives in the deserts of north and south
America.
• Most desert mammals are small and live in burrows or
under rocks during the day.
• When a place gets less than 10 inches of rain per year
then we call it a desert.
• A camel can go 17 days without water.
• Some deserts are sandy while others are rocky.
• Some deserts are ice deserts. (Ice deserts are made out
of ice)
6. How would people live in the desert?
• To get water they
could get it from
a plant.
• They would have
to eat animals to
survive.
• People who live in
the desert make
bricks out of sand
and mud to make
buildings.
