Deserts: Day 2

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Deserts Day 2
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These are some desert plants and animals that you
will be studying for the next week.
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• cactus
• Any plant such as the prickly pear and the
  night-blooming cereus. They usually have
  leafless stems and branches, often beset with
  clustered thorns, and are mostly natives of the
  warmer parts of America.

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roadrunner A terrestrial crested bird of
Central and Southern North America, having a
streaked plumage and long tail family Cuculidae
(cuckoos)Also called chaparral cock
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• spadefoot toad
• A burrowing toad of the northern hemisphere with
  a horny spade-like projection on each hind foot

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kangaroo rat A small leaping rodent related to
the squirrels and inhabiting desert regions of
North America, having a stocky body and very long
hind legs and tails
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scorpion Any one of numerous species of
arachnids of the order Scorpiones, having a
suctorial mouth, large claw-bearing palpi, and a
caudal sting.
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rattlesnakeAny one of several species of
venomous American snakes. They have a series of
horny interlocking joints at the end of their
tail which make a sharp rattling sound when
shaken. The common rattlesnake of the Northern
United States and the diamondback rattlesnake of
the south are the best known.
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Mormon cricketA large, wingless, long-horned
grasshopper of the western United States that is
often destructive to crops.
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jackrabbitlargest hare of northern plains and
western mountains of United States brownish-gray
in summer and pale gray inwinter tail nearly
always all white
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kangaroo rat
cactus
Mormon cricket
roadrunner
scorpion
spadefoot toad
jackrabbit
rattlesnake