Sassafras Zoology - Spiny-tailed Lizard & Fennec Fox

What was the country the Sassafras twins visited first on their journey to learn zoology?

Where did the Sassafras twins learn about camel and cobra?

Sort the animals we studied into the correct category.

Groups:

(a) Carnivore

,

(b) Herbivore

,

(c) Omnivore

• Camel

• Giraffe

• Cobra

• Cheetah

• Spiny-tailed lizard

• Elephant

• Fennec Fox

• Lion

Label the desert where Spiny-Tailed Lizard and Fennec Fox live.

a

Namib

Gobi

Death Valley

Sahara Desert

Atacama

are swift and agile animals. They live in rocky hill areas of the desert.

(a)  

Spiny-tailed lizards are​ (a)   , so they need to spend their time in the​ (b)   to keep warm.

• cold-blooded
• warm-blooded
• sun
• shade

Reorder the following sentence to make sense:

• to burrow into

• help

• spiny-tailed lizards

• Smooth scales

• their shelters.

The fennec foxes are hunted for their (a)   .

The fennec foxes are the​ (a)   of the foxes, between one-and-a-half and four pounds, but they have the​ (b)   ears.

• smallest
• largest
• smartest
• longest
• best

Fennec foxes have sandy-colored fur to​ (a)   with the desert and​ (b)   the sun's heat during the day.

• blend in
• reflect