Desert Animals - Worksheets

 CBSE Worksheet 01

Desert Animals

  1. What is the purpose of hump in camels?

  2. Where are the rattlesnakes found in the world? [Desert Animals]

  3. What are rattlesnakes?

  4. What are the two different kinds of camels? (Desert animals)

  5. What is a desert? How do animals survive in deserts? (Desert Animals)

  6. Write about the habits of mongooses? (Desert Animals)

  7. How do mongooses kill snakes? Write your answer in the context of Desert Animals.

  8. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow: (1x5=5)
    Mongooses like to hunt together, but they always keep a lookout for dangerous predators nearby. Poking their noses into holes, overturning rocks with their paws and scratching the ground with their sharp claws, banded mongooses are very amusing animals to watch. A common sight in many parts of Africa, they travel in groups of about twenty to forage for beetles, millipedes and other small creatures.
    They like to hunt together, keeping in touch whenever they go out of sight behind rocks or bushes by twittering and calling. Always on the lookout for danger — hawks, eagles and large snakes — they warn one another with a special alarm call if they spot anything suspicious.

    1. Where are mongooses commonly found?
    2. How do they hunt for food?
    3. What do they feed on?
    4. List the killer enemies of the mongooses.
    5. Find a word from the above passage that means opposite to safe.

CBSE Worksheet 01
Desert Animals

Solution

  1. The humps help the camels to survive in the desert by acting as storage containers. They store fats and nourish them when food is scarce.

  2. The rattlesnakes are very dangerous and found across the American continent from Canada to Argentina.

  3. Rattlesnakes are very dangerous. Their frightening rattle can be heard as far as 30m away, and they can strike with lightning speed. They hold their tails upright and rattle the end whenever it is disturbed.

  4. The two different kinds of camel are the Dromedary with a single hump and the Bactrian camel with two humps.

  5. Deserts are the driest places on Earth and they remain without rain sometimes for months or even years. The animals living in deserts have found ways to cope with harsh conditions. Gerbils spend the hottest part of the day in cool in underground burrows. Beetles catch drops of moisture on their legs and consume them. Camels get moisture from desert plants and can survive for up to 10 months without drinking water. Their humps help them to survive in deserts.

  6. Mongooses are very amusing animals to watch. They like to hunt together, keeping in touch with one another whenever they go out of sight by twittering and calling. They warn one another with a special alarm call if they spot anything suspicious. The children of mongooses are raised by the whole group. They are famous for being able to kill snakes without getting hurt. Their reactions are so fast that they can fight back with snakes. They make continuous attempts to fight snakes and kill them when they get tired.

  7. Mongooses kill snakes without getting hurt themselves. Their reactions are so fast that they dodge each time the snake strikes. They continually make a nuisance of themselves, and after a while, when the snake gets tired, they quickly dive in for the kill.

    1. Mongooses commonly are found in many parts of Africa.
    2.  Mongooses hunt together for their prey under the rocks. They keep in touch whenever they go out of sight behind rocks or bushes by twittering and calling.
    3. They feed on beetles, millipedes, and other small creatures.  
    4. The animals that prey on mongooses are hawks, eagles and large snakes.  They warn one another with a special alarm call if they spot anything suspicious. 
    5. The word is dangerous.