Question

In your own words, explain the meaning of the following words and word combinations: the desert sun • to store fat • hind legs • sweat glands • tuft ed tails • drinking session • desert creatures • metabolic water • unique wonders of creation • dry desert air • underground burrows

Answer 1

• the desert sun - the climate of a dry, barren, sandy region, often extremely hot• to store fat - Making and storing fat and retrieving it to supply energy• hind legs - Either of the two legs towards the rear of a four-legged animal• sweat glands - a small gland that secretes sweat, situated in the dermis of the skin.• tufted tails - a long or short tail with a plume or tuft at the end• drinking session - unofficial meeting which purpose is drinking• desert creatures - animals that habitat (live) in the desert• metabolic water - a water created inside a living organism through their metabolism• unique wonders of creation - amazing things created not by the man but by nature itself• dry desert air - desert air that has a low relative humidity.• underground burrows - a hole or tunnel dug by a small animal, especially a rabbit