Deserts Flashcards
(18 cards)
What are the driest places on Earth?
Deserts.
How many millimetres of rain falls each year?
250 millimetres.
How many quarters or percent of the land on Earth is desert?
About one fifth / 20 percent
How many kids of desert?
What are those?
Two kinds of deserts.
Cold deserts, and Hot deserts.
What is the weather like in cold deserts?
Dry and cold.
Where the cold deserts are found?
Found in the Arctic and Antarctic regions around the North and South Poles.
What things do cold deserts are covered?
Ice and snow.
What is the weather like in hot deserts?
Dry and hot.
What is the weather like in hot deserts at night?
Very cold.
What the wind blows the sand into hills is called?
Dunes / sand dunes
What happen when some of the mountains have been carved?
Into interesting shapes by the wind.
What is the world’s largest hot desert ?
Sahara Desert in North Africa.
How many metres of water do roots of the mesquite bush of North America may go down to reach water?
50 metres.
A cactus stores water in its ……………
thick stem.
The best-known desert animal is ……………..
camel.
How many quarters of weight of its body does camel can lose?
About one third of the weight.
How many litres does camel drink in a few minutes.
115 litres.
What are the two kinds of camel?
Dromedary, and Bactrian camel.
