Most desert animals are nocturnal or active at night when the temperature is cooler. Some desert animals are diurnal or active during the day. Desert animals have adapted to life in the deserts. Adaptations are characteristics that plants and animals have that help them to survive or changes a plant or animal makes to fit new conditions or new environments.

In this WebQuest you will learn how these desert animals survive in the desert.

You will research an animal and discover:

• the class or group it belongs to

• the covering on its body

• where it makes its home

• the food it likes to eat

• its enemies

• the adaptations these animals have

You will work with a partner and take notes on a desert animal. Use the English Desert Research Field Guide or Spanish Desert Research Field Guide to take notes.

• Click on the links to learn about a desert animal.
• Click on the speaker next to each bullet to hear the words read to you.
• Click on the back button to come back to this page.
• Once you have completed notes for your section, turn your paper over and draw a picture of your animal in its environment on the back of the notes page.