Types of Deserts Quiz

Types of Deserts Quiz

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Topic Idea

Deserts cover a wide area. But not all deserts are full of sand as many people think. There are lots of rocks, gravel and salt flats in deserts.

Fact

Deserts can be ctegorized into four types; hot and dry, semiarid, coastal and cold.

Type 1: Hot and Dry Deserts

The soil is very rough with shallow or rocky sections. The temperature there is 49 degrees Celsius to minus 18 degrees at night.

Type 2: Semiarid Deserts

The soil is sandy with small rocks scattered about the ground. Many plants there have shiny leaves. The highest temperature is around 38 degrees Celsius.

Type 3: Coastal Deserts

They lie along the coast. They are cooler than other deserts and the summers are long and warm. In the evening, the temperature is more than minus 4 degrees Celsius.

Type 4: Cold Deserts

They have a lot of snowfall and found in colder climates. They are cooler than other deserts and the summers are long and warm. Animals living there have to burrow into the ground or snow for protection.

Multiple Choice

What is the temperature range for hot and dry deserts?

• 38 degrees Celsius to -11 degrees Celsius at night

• 38 degrees Celsius to -18 degrees Celsius at night

• 49 degrees Celsius to -4 degrees Celsius at night

• 49 degrees Celsius to -18 degrees Celsius at night

Multiple Choice

What type of desert is found in Greenland?

• Deserts along the coast.

• Hot and dry deserts similar to the Gobi Desert.

• Semiarid deserts with moderate temperatures

• Deserts with rocks and chunks of ice

Multiple Choice

What is the passage mainly about?

• Plants and animals in deserts

• The most famous deserts

• How deserts are created

• Four major desert types

Multiple Choice

What does the author suggest people believe about deserts?

• The have only one season-summer.

• They only have camel in them.

• They are very hot at night.

• They are just full of sand, without any plants.

Multiple Choice

What happens to plants in deserts?

• The plants are dying in the scorching heat.

• Energy is conserved in the plants'shiny leaves.

• Animals come out at night and drink the water from the plants.

• The plants'temperatures go downj to -18 degrees Celsius.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT ture?

• The Mojave Desert has moderate temperatures.

• The Sahara Desert is one example of a hot and dry desert.

• Semiarid deserts have plants with shiny leaves.

• The world's two largest deserts are the Antarctic and Arctis Deserts

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Most

are very dry because they receive less than mm of rainfall each year.

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There are four major types of deserts: hot and dry,

, coastal and cold.

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The Sahara Desert is an example of a

desert.

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Semiarid deserts have more

temperatures.

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deserts like the Antarctic and Arctic have a lot of snowfall.