1. Hot Desert Animal Vocabulary

2. Animals sorted by what they eat!
Carnivores—eat flesh
Herbivores—feed chiefly on plants

3. Animals sorted by when they are active!
Nocturnal— active at night
Diurnal— active during the day

4. Animals sorted by body structure!
Vertebrate— have a backbone
Invertebrate— have no backbone

5. -are warm-blooded -have hair or fur -females secrete milk
Mammals
-are warm-blooded -have hair or fur -females secrete milk

6. —are cold-blooded —usually are air-breathing —are vertebrates
Reptiles
—are cold-blooded —usually are air-breathing —are vertebrates

7. Birds
—are warm-blooded —are vertebrates —have feathers, wings, scaly legs, a beak and no teeth

8. —are cold-blooded —are vertebrates —return to water to reproduce
Amphibians
—are cold-blooded —are vertebrates —return to water to reproduce

9. Insects
—are usually small —are air-breathing —body is divided into three parts: head, thorax and abdomen

10. —are air-breathing —have eight legs with jointed feet
Arachnids
—are air-breathing —have eight legs with jointed feet