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Desert Survival and Adaptions
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Cactus Wren: Builds a nest in cactus to provided some amount of protection for the young.
Desert Tortoise: A reptile that can go for long periods of time without food or water.
Kangaroo Rat: They can survive without ever drinking any water, getting needed moisture from their seed diet.
Jackrabbits: The large ears helps it to loose heat and thereby cooling its body temperature
Burrowing Owl: A bird that digs its own burrow.
Sidewinder: Move sideways to keep traction on shifting sands. Movement also it ensures that only two points of the animals’ bodies are touching the hot ground at any given time.
Chuckawalla: Scurry under a rock crevice and inflate the loose folds of skin along its body.
Roadrunner: Uses nasal gland eliminates excess salt, instead of using the urinary tract.
Gambels Quail: Body Temperature can rise to 107 to protect it from the heat.
Fridge Toe Lizard: Have scaly fringes along the toes so they can swim through the sand to hide and eat.
Horned Lizard: Tend to match the color of the sand or rocks in their local environment. Spiny.
Barrel Cactus: The water storing chamber in this plant has the greatest volume to surface ratio in plants.
Creosote Bush: Deep root systems and has small waxy covered leaves which resist water loss and taste bad.
Western Toad: The glands excrete a mildly toxic substance used to ward off would be predators.
King Snake: Bite from a venomous snake has little effect on them
Desert Survival and Adaptions
Across:2. | A reptile that can go for long periods of time without food or water. | 3. | Uses nasal gland eliminates excess salt, instead of using the urinary tract. | 4. | Body Temperature can rise to 107 to protect it from the heat. | 8. | Have scaly fringes along the toes so they can swim through the sand to hide and eat. | 9. | Move sideways to keep traction on shifting sands. Movement also it ensures that only two points of the animals’ bodies are touching the hot ground at any given time. | 11. | The glands excrete a mildly toxic substance used to ward off would be predators. | 12. | Builds a nest in cactus to provided some amount of protection for the young. | 13. | The large ears helps it to loose heat and thereby cooling its body temperature | 14. | The water storing chamber in this plant has the greatest volume to surface ratio in plants. |
| | Down:1. | Tend to match the color of the sand or rocks in their local environment. Spiny. | 5. | A bird that digs its own burrow. | 6. | Bite from a venomous snake has little effect on them | 7. | Deep root systems and has small waxy covered leaves which resist water loss and taste bad. | 10. | Scurry under a rock crevice and inflate the loose folds of skin along its body. |
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Desert Survival and Adaptions
Across:2. | A reptile that can go for long periods of time without food or water. | 3. | Uses nasal gland eliminates excess salt, instead of using the urinary tract. | 4. | Body Temperature can rise to 107 to protect it from the heat. | 8. | Have scaly fringes along the toes so they can swim through the sand to hide and eat. | 9. | Move sideways to keep traction on shifting sands. Movement also it ensures that only two points of the animals’ bodies are touching the hot ground at any given time. | 11. | The glands excrete a mildly toxic substance used to ward off would be predators. | 12. | Builds a nest in cactus to provided some amount of protection for the young. | 13. | The large ears helps it to loose heat and thereby cooling its body temperature | 14. | The water storing chamber in this plant has the greatest volume to surface ratio in plants. |
| | Down:1. | Tend to match the color of the sand or rocks in their local environment. Spiny. | 5. | A bird that digs its own burrow. | 6. | Bite from a venomous snake has little effect on them | 7. | Deep root systems and has small waxy covered leaves which resist water loss and taste bad. | 10. | Scurry under a rock crevice and inflate the loose folds of skin along its body. |
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PuzzleFast.com, Noncommercial Use Only