Desert animals Grade 6

1. How do camels survive in deserts? One of the answers is incorrect

• They can drink upto 30 gallons of water in just ten minutes.

• They get all the moisture they need from desert plants.

• They eat a lot of cacti

• Hump is full of fat which is used as food.

2. Most snakes give birth to their young while others lay eggs. Is this correct for even snakes found in deserts?

• Yes

• No

• All of the above

• Sometimes

3. Why are deserts so thinly populated?

• There is greenery only around the water springs or oasis.

• Deserts have very little water and vegetation.

• Life in desert areas is difficult.

• All of the above

4. What do gerbils do to survive?

• They store food in their stomachs

• They stay inside oasis

• Gerbils spend the hottest part of the day in cool underground burrows.

• They eat rats and other rodents

5. Sand dunes are _______ formed by the _____ in the desert.

• hot sands/air

• heaps of sand/rain

• sands/wind

• heaps of sand/wind

6. They are always on the lookout for danger — hawks, eagles and large snakes. Who are they?

• gerbils

• mongooses

• darkling beetles

• predators

7. Give the meaning of ‘twitter’.

• Sending a message on the internet

• Talking like a bird

• Making a loud noise with your voice

• Giving a call in repeated sound.

8. What do you call a camel with single hump?

• Hump back

• Bactrian

• Dromedary

• Camel with one hump

9. Change the verb ‘Adapt’ into a noun.

• Adaptivity

• Adapting

• Adaptation

• Adaptor

10. What does a rattlesnake do if its warnings are ignored?

• It keeps rattling its tail

• It moves away from the direction of the vibration

• It bites

• If its warnings are ignored it coils and get ready to bite.