Dry steambeds that fill the water only in the rainy season are called
Billabongs
Why do camels have wide feet?
To help them walk on the sand.
How many years have the Aboriginal people lived in Australia?
At least 40 thousand years
The ground at the bottom of the river is called
Riverbed
Name one feature hot and cold deserts share
There is a dramatic change between daytime and nighttime temperatures
What do desert skies often look like?
They're are cloudless
There are a lot of clouds
They're blue
Kalahari has a rich assortment of
plants and wildlife
Define a Marsupial
It's a type of mammal that carries its young in a pouch
Where does a cactus get water from?
It gets water from the ground.
Name 7 animals that live in the desert.
camel, coyote, rattle snake, kangaroo , bird , fox etc.
In the desert it is very ___ during the day, and ____ at night.
hot, cool
Small or short bushes and trees
Scrub brush
What is an oasis
An area in the desert where there are plants and water
What does nomadic mean?
Moving around often in search of food , not settled in one place
How do you assess the dryness of place?
By measuring how many inches of precipitation it gets in a y
By how much it doesn't rain in a year
By calling scientists to do research
Camels have long eyelashes to protect their _______.
eyes
Name a plant that can survive in the desert.
Cactus
Why does it some impossible that any creature can live in the Outback?
It's too dry
Describe the Outback in two words
Arid and semiarid
An area of land where evaporation has left a later
Salt flat
What happened to the ancestral beings once the earth was created?
They disappeared into nature
A cactus can survive in the desert because it has a special __________.
Water system
How did the San people learn how to save water
They use ostrich eggs as storage containers
When a light shower falls over a dry desert area , most of the rain evaporates before it touches the ground because the..
air is dry
What's the myth according to Aboriginal people?
They believe the world was created during dreamtime. A time before time.
Deserts near the equator are very
Hot
Camels store _____ in the hump and use it for energy.
fat
What is special about plants and animals that live in a desert?
They have ways to survive without much water.
Name one animal that is only found in the Outback
Emu
Where do cactus grow?
In hot and dry places
What happens when temperatures are very high?
Evaporation speeds up