Take the Desert Survival Challenge-Could you save your  life?

1) What small creature kills more people than all other poisonous creatures combined?  

2) You're car has broken down in the desert, which way should you walk?

3)  With no compass, what desert plant can tell direction?

4)  If you see a farmhouse that looks 5 miles away, how far could it really be?  And why?

5) How can you get water out of dirt?

6) You're lost. Your car is disabled, but you notice search airplanes overhead.  What's the most valuable  signaling device you could have?