The kangaroo rat is a small rodent native to North America that can jump 7-8 feet and lives in burrow systems in the desert to escape heat, eats seeds and insects, and has 6 toes and large hind feet. Kangaroo rats are coloured cinnamon to dark grey. Kangaroo rats live in burrow systems made in soft sand or soil.

2. The kangaroo rat is a small rodent native to
North America. The kangaroo rat can jump 7-8
feet and quickly change direction when it lands.
Kangaroo rats normally eat seeds, vegetation
and insects. Kangaroo rats have 6 toes with
large hind feet and small front legs. Kangaroo
rats can live in the desert by digging burrows to
escape from the heat. Kangaroo rats are
coloured cinnamon ranging to dark grey.
Kangaroo rats live in burrow systems made in
soft sand or soil.

3. Sonoran desert n
Mexico
Deserts can be found in the USA, Africa, Australia
and parts of Asia.
Chihuahua Gobi Desert in
Desert in North Asia
America
The Great Victoria Sahara Desert in
Desert in Australia Africa

4. Cacti: live in very dry conditions . Cacti can be found
throughout the world and sometimes flower. Cacti
can be short and bush like or tall and tree like.
Palms: are mostly trees but can be shrubs. Palms
grow in hot climates and there are over 2000 kinds of
palm. Many palms are being cut down because of
human activity.
Soap tree Yucca: is found in Californian desert and
Mexico. The yucca can grow 10-18 feet with palm
tree like leaves. The yucca flowers a bright red plant
when it blooms.

5. Fox and
Hawk
Snake Snake
Spiders and Larger
Scorpions
Mammals
Insects Rodents
Plants
Sun

6. Meerkats are a member of the ferret family and
mainly eat insects and small mammals. Meerkats live
in burrow systems in deserts. Meerkats have 2 cm
long curved claws on the end of each finger. When
the meerkat senses danger it stands on its hind legs
and scouts the area. Meerkats live in large groups of
20-30 members. Meerkats can be found throughout
South Africa. Meerkats usually have 2-5 pups in each
litter. Meerkats fur is normally a golden yellow so it
can camouflage from predators. It can live in the
desert by digging burrow systems to escape from the
heat.

7. Adult female black widow spider have a orange
hourglass pattern on the underside of their
abdomen. Black Widow spiders can be found
worldwide. The Black Widows bite can be 15
times stronger than a rattlesnake. Black
Widows eat smaller insects who get trapped in
their web. The spiders bite is almost never fatal
and only bite in acts of self defence. As adults
the females will sometimes eat the male. Black
widows construct webs under plants to protect
the webs from damage.

8. The weather in the desert is hot and dry
in the day.
And extremely cold at night.

9. The Sahara
desert consists
of 30% sand
and 70%
gravel
Mirages are
More than one sixth of caused by
people live in desert dehydration Desert plants live
regions
to be one
hundred years old
30 countries have 75% of Deserts get 1 cm of
their area covered n desert rain a year
Antarctica is the
largest Desert on
Deserts cover more than one Earth
fifth of Earth.
Australia is the driest continent
Only 10% of deserts are
covered by sand dunes

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