(i) What is the greatest threat to life in desert regions? (ii) Why is the Camel considered as a masterpiece in deserts?

Question

Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow in your words:

Without water no creature can survive. In desert regions the greatest threat to life is drying up. But many creatures are able to make use of the little water that exists in arid areas. One of nature's masterpieces among creatures equipped to cope with desert life is the hardy Camel. Stories range to desert lands far and wide about feats of remarkable endurance of Camels. It is said that Camels can cover a distance of about 800 miles in eight days through continuous travel without taking a single drop of water. The popular belief that Camels store water in the humps is misleading in a way, water is indeed stored there but in the form of fat.

(i) What is the greatest threat to life in desert regions?

(ii) Why is the Camel considered as a masterpiece in deserts?

(iii) What type of stories range far and wide about Camels?

(iv) Describe the reality about the storage of water by Camels.

Answer 1

(i) The greatest threat to life in desert regions is drying up.

(ii) The Camel considered as a masterpiece in deserts because they are able to make use of the little water that exist in arid area. They are equipped to cope with desert life.

(iii) It is said that Camels can cover a distance of about 800 miles in eight days through continuous travel without taking a single drop of water.

(iv) The popular belief that Camels store water in the humps is misleading. The reality is that water is stored there but in the form of fat.