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HOT CLIMATE Some smaller animals like insects, scorpions,

The regions having average temperature more snakes, moles, etc. are also found in deserts.
than 30°C are called the regions of hot climate. They make burrows deep in the earth’s surface
Besides, the rainfall is also very low in very hot to avoid heat of the atmosphere. During the
climate, Sahara desert, Arabian desert, Thar day me, they live in their burrows, but during
desert, Gobi desert, etc. are the examples of night they come out of the burrows and search
hot clima c regions. Due to very hot climate for food. The outer covering of these animals is
and very low rainfall, there are no or very few made up of the scales or cu cle which does not
vegeta on found. The animals found in these allows body water to evaporate.

regions have adapted to hot temperature as
well as scarcity of water. Camel is one of the
most widely used animals found in deserts.
Camels are well adapted to live in deserts.
Some of the adap ve features of camel are:

v The thick skin of camels protects them
from scorching sun and water loss.
v Paddy feet of camels help them to walk
easily on the sandy surface of the desert.

v Camel does not respire, so there is no water Scorpion Snake
loss through swea ng.
v Camels have hump on their back which
store fat. This fat can be converted into 1. What do you mean by climate?

metabolic water when needed.
2. Name any three animals found in very
v A camel can drink about 40-50 litres of cold climate.
water at a me. Also, it can remain without
3. Why do the animals living in the cold
water for several days. The water gets
climate have long fur?
distributed to all parts of the body and it is
4. Write the body features of a camel that
not stored in any specific body part.
help it to survive in extremely hot
v It excretes very li le urine as to conserve
climate.
body water.

MODERATE CLIMATE

A moderate climate has weather pa erns that
remain within reasonable limits. A place with a
moderate climate is neither too hot nor too
cold. Moderate climate is also characterised by
moderate wind and moderate rains. The
changes between summer and winter are

Camel

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