Cooling Down

Animals in the Desert

Problem:

• The desert is very hot during the day Over 100 degrees

How do animals stay cool?

desert

day time

very hot

The desert is very hot in the day time.

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desert

day time animals

very hot keep cool

Animals must keep cool in the desert.

Many animals sleep in burrows or caves during the day

• It is much cooler beneath the sand or in a cave

• the animals sleep all day and come out to hunt at night when it is cool

desert

day time animals

very hot keep cool Burrows

or caves

day cool sleep

Some animals sleep during the day in burrows or caves

.

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Some animals grow big ears

• big ears have many blood vessels

• the blood vessels release heat

desert

day time animals

very hot keep cool Burrows

or caves ears

day cool sleepbig

bloodvessels

loseheat

Other animals grow big ears that lose heat.Blood vessels in big ears help animals lose heat.

Snakes find shade in the rocks or behind trees

desert

day time animals

very hot keep cool Burrows

or caves ears shade

day cool sleepbig

bloodvessels

loseheat

rockstrees

snakes

Animals like snakes find shade under rocks and trees.

• birds open their beaks and pant like a dog• the feathers also protect them from the sun • they fly high where the air is cooler

desert

day time animals birds

very hot keep cool Burrows

or caves ears shade

day cool sleepbig

bloodvessels

loseheat

rockstrees

pantprotect

feathersbeaks

Birds pant through their beaks and have feathers that protect them from the hot sun .

desert

day time animals birds

very hot keep cool Burrows

or caves ears shade

day cool sleepbig

bloodvessels

loseheat

rockstrees

pantprotect

high

feathersbeaks fly

cooler

Many birds can fly very high where the air is cooler

.

The desert is very hot in the day time.

Animals must keep cool in the desert. Some

animals sleep during the day in burrows or

caves. Other animals grow big ears that lose

heat. Animals like snakes find shade under

rocks and trees. Birds pant through their

beaks and have feathers that protect them

from the hot sun. Many birds can fly very

high where the air is cooler.

Keeping Cool in the Desert

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