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| What stores gallons of water in their stems? |
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| How do roadrunners get water? |
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| By eating the guts of lizards and snakes |
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| Where do some animals sleep to stay cool |
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| They sleep when the sun is out. |
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| How much of the worlds land is desert? |
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| Some spots in the Atakama desert in Chile have gone how many years without rain? |
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| How many continents have deserts? |
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| What is the requirement for a desert? |
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| It cant get more than 10 inches of rain all year. |
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| Where is the Sahara located? |
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| IT is part of the Mojave desert. |
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| Where did Death Valley get it's name? |
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| Miners in the 1800s tried to cross it and died. |
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| To change in order to survive |
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| IF a particular body part isn't helping then what happens? |
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| It slowly disappears from the species over time. |
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| What are the 2 ways that an animal can adapt? |
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1. Physical(bigger bladder, stems)
2. Behavior |
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| How much water can a camel drink in 15 minutes? |
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| What's up with camels eyelashes? |
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| They keep out sand from blowing in their eyes. |
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| What's up with camels shaggy coat? |
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| What are the 2 rules for survival? |
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1. Keeping cool
2. Getting water |
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| What does the Harris's antelope ground squirrel do to keep cool? |
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| Puts its tail over its head like an umbrella |
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| The process of digging into the sand to keep cool. |
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| How does the Gila monster find shelter? |
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| How do spade foot toads, round tailed ground squirrels and desert tortoises beat the heat? |
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| They sleep through the hottest parts of the year (estivation) |
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| Many desert animals are _________? |
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| Nocturnal- they sleep during the day |
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| How does the turkey vulture keep cool? |
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| He Christinas on himself. Urohydrosis |
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| What do roadrunner chicks do that is disgusting? |
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| Not typing or else I will vomit. |
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| How do roadrunners use their mouth to keep cool? |
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| Gaping causes moisture in their mouth to evaporate. It works like sweating. |
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| What is the plus to having good ears in the desert? |
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| Blood vessels cool off fast. The bigger the ears, the quicker the blood gets cooled. |
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| What does the devil hole put fish do? |
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| He is able to swim in 100 degree water. |
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| Can go a lifetime without water. They get water from seeds. |
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| Kangaroo rats have kidneys....so what? |
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| They are 5x more powerful than humans. It keeps more water in their system. |
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| The desert tortoise can do what with its pee? |
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| Soooo.....I see a desert tortoise and pick it up. What next? |
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| He'll pee on me and the tortoise could die. But more importantly I would be covered in pee. |
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| Squeeze a water holding frog and what will happen? |
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| You can drink the water from his frog butt. |
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| Water holding frogs wrap up in what? |
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| A cocoon of their own dead skin which they later eat. |
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| Naked mole rats live where mostly? |
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| How do turkey vultures defend themselves? |
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| They vomit on their enemies and surprise them with a meal |
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| What is one of the biggest obstacles desert researchers face? |
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| Finding the animals since most of them live underground. |
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| What tool did researchers have to utilize to find the hidden creatures? |
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| They implemented dogs to help by sniffing the ground. |
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