Desert Habitat

What is a habitat?

• It is a the natural home or environment of an animal, plant, or other organism
• an animal
• a type of lizard

What is a place where an animal can rest and be safe called?

• The outside
• Shelter 
• Desert Plant

All habitats are the same 

• True 
• False 

Habitats provide all of the following, EXCEPT...

• Food
• Fun
• Water
• Shelter

A desert habitat is cold and wet.

• True
• False

What is a desert habitat like?

• It is very wet.
• It is dry and may or may not be sandy.
• It is filled with green plants and water.

Which habitat is very dry, has very little plant life, and is too hot to support many animals?

• Ocean

• Forest

• Desert

• Polar Region

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a desert?

• very little rain

• hot in the day, cool at night

• sandy soil

• covered with grass

What kind of animals live in the desert?

• penguins and whales
• ducks and trout
• snakes, lizards, jack rabbits

The desert is made up of mostly ___________. a. humus b. sand c. trees d. rock

• water

• sand

• trees

• rocks