{
 "source": "https://peabody.kids/flashcards/fun-polar-desert-animals",
 "id": "fun-polar-desert-animals",
 "title": "Polar and Desert Animals",
 "category": "trivia-fun",
 "subject": "Animals",
 "levels": [
  "k-2",
  "3-5",
  "6-8"
 ],
 "description": "How animals survive the coldest and driest places on Earth.",
 "tags": [
  "polar",
  "desert",
  "animals",
  "adaptations"
 ],
 "frontLabel": "Animal",
 "backLabel": "Fact",
 "cards": [
  [
   "Polar bear",
   "Arctic hunter with black skin under white-looking fur"
  ],
  [
   "Penguin",
   "Flightless bird of the southern oceans; the emperor is the tallest"
  ],
  [
   "Arctic fox",
   "Turns white in winter to match the snow"
  ],
  [
   "Arctic hare",
   "Has thick white fur and long hind legs"
  ],
  [
   "Snowy owl",
   "White owl that hunts in the Arctic"
  ],
  [
   "Walrus",
   "Uses tusks to haul itself onto ice"
  ],
  [
   "Seal",
   "Has blubber to keep warm in icy water"
  ],
  [
   "Narwhal",
   "A whale with a long spiral tusk"
  ],
  [
   "Beluga whale",
   "A white whale of Arctic waters"
  ],
  [
   "Reindeer (caribou)",
   "A deer that travels long distances across the tundra"
  ],
  [
   "Musk ox",
   "A shaggy, thick-coated animal of the Arctic"
  ],
  [
   "Lemming",
   "A small rodent of the Arctic tundra"
  ],
  [
   "Orca",
   "A black and white whale that hunts in cold seas"
  ],
  [
   "Arctic tern",
   "Flies from the Arctic to the Antarctic each year"
  ],
  [
   "Krill",
   "Tiny shrimp that feed many Antarctic animals"
  ],
  [
   "Leopard seal",
   "A big spotted seal of Antarctica"
  ],
  [
   "Emperor penguin",
   "The largest penguin; dads keep the egg warm on their feet"
  ],
  [
   "Adelie penguin",
   "A smaller penguin with a white ring around its eye"
  ],
  [
   "Blubber",
   "A thick layer of fat that keeps animals warm"
  ],
  [
   "Tundra",
   "A cold, treeless land where soil under the surface stays frozen"
  ],
  [
   "Permafrost",
   "Ground that stays frozen all year"
  ],
  [
   "Camel",
   "Stores fat in its hump and can go a long time without water"
  ],
  [
   "Fennec fox",
   "A small desert fox with big ears that let heat escape"
  ],
  [
   "Meerkat",
   "A small desert mammal that stands guard on its hind legs"
  ],
  [
   "Kangaroo rat",
   "A desert rodent that gets water from seeds"
  ],
  [
   "Roadrunner",
   "A fast ground bird of the American desert"
  ],
  [
   "Gila monster",
   "A venomous lizard of the American Southwest; it is shy"
  ],
  [
   "Horned lizard",
   "A spiky desert lizard that can squirt blood from its eyes to scare enemies"
  ],
  [
   "Sidewinder",
   "A snake that moves sideways over loose sand"
  ],
  [
   "Rattlesnake",
   "A snake that warns with a rattle"
  ],
  [
   "Scorpion",
   "Hunts at night in deserts"
  ],
  [
   "Tarantula hawk",
   "A big wasp that hunts tarantulas"
  ],
  [
   "Coyote",
   "A wild dog that lives in many habitats, deserts included"
  ],
  [
   "Javelina (collared peccary)",
   "A wild pig-like animal of the Southwest"
  ],
  [
   "Desert tortoise",
   "Digs burrows to escape the heat"
  ],
  [
   "Addax",
   "A pale antelope of the Sahara"
  ],
  [
   "Oryx",
   "A desert antelope with long straight horns"
  ],
  [
   "Dromedary",
   "A camel with one hump"
  ],
  [
   "Bactrian camel",
   "A camel with two humps"
  ],
  [
   "Jerboa",
   "A tiny hopping desert rodent with long hind legs"
  ],
  [
   "Saguaro cactus",
   "A huge cactus of the Sonoran Desert; birds nest in it"
  ],
  [
   "Cactus",
   "A plant that stores water in its stem"
  ],
  [
   "Oasis",
   "A place in a desert with water and plants"
  ],
  [
   "Dune",
   "A hill of sand built by wind"
  ],
  [
   "Mirage",
   "A trick of light that makes water appear on hot ground"
  ],
  [
   "Nocturnal",
   "Active at night; many desert animals are"
  ],
  [
   "Hibernate",
   "To sleep through winter"
  ],
  [
   "Camouflage",
   "Colors that help animals hide in their surroundings"
  ],
  [
   "Adaptation",
   "A body part or behavior that helps an animal survive where it lives"
  ],
  [
   "Sahara",
   "The largest hot desert, in North Africa"
  ],
  [
   "Antarctica",
   "A frozen continent at the South Pole"
  ],
  [
   "Arctic",
   "The cold region around the North Pole"
  ]
 ]
}