This document provides information about desert habitats and the plants and animals that live there. It states that deserts have little rain and extreme temperatures. It describes some deserts as hot like the Sahara desert, while others are cold like the Gobi desert. The document lists ostriches, meerkats, sand cats, zebra tail lizards, desert horned lizards, and Sonoran desert toads as animals and reptiles found in deserts. Camels and kangaroo rats are identified as the largest and smallest desert animals. The ways desert animals cope include being nocturnal to avoid heat, digging burrows, and seeking shade. Australia's Simpson Desert and Northern Africa's Sahara Desert are given as

2. A Desert Habitat
 A desert habitat is a harsh environment with very
little rain and extreme temperatures.
 A land of hot days and cold nights.
 Some deserts are dry and hot like northern Africa’s
Sahara Desert.
 Some deserts are cold like the Gobi Desert in Asia.
 Desert plants may have to go without fresh water
for many years.

3. Animals that live in the
desert
Ostrich
Meerkat
Sand cat

4. Reptiles that live in the
desert
 Zebra tail lizard
 Desert horned lizard
 Sonoran desert toad

5. Largest and smallest animals
in the desert
 Camel is one of the
largest animals in the desert
 Kangaroo rat is one
of the smallest animals in the desert

6. Ways animals cope in the
desert
 Some animals sleep during the day and only come
out at night when it is cool like the kangaroo rat.
They can change the dry seeds they eat into water,
and they do not sweat or pant like other animals to
keep cool. They spend their days in their burrows
where the air is moist and humid.
 Some large animals look for shade during the
hottest part of the day. Some animals dig a hollow
pit into the ground and lie in the cooler soil.
 Desert Bighorn Sheep use their hooves and horns to
remove spines from cacti, then eat the juicy insides.

7. 2 Countries that have
desert areas
 Australia- Simpson Desert
 Northern Africa – Sahara Desert