Deserts

Deserts

Geography Year 5

L.O: to explain and locate hot and cold deserts.​

What are deserts?

Deserts are the driest places in the world.

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Deserts are dry lands where very little rain falls and where few plants can grow.

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More than one seventh of the land on Earth is taken up by deserts.​

L.O: to explain and locate hot and cold deserts.​

​Kinds of desert

• There are two kinds of desert

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• Very cold deserts: which are found in Arctic and Antarctic regions at the North and South poles. The ground is covered with ice and snow for all or most of the year.

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• Hot deserts: mostly sunny and very dry although they can be very cold at night.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a cold desert?

• The Arctic

• The Tundra

• Antarctica

• The Sahara

Multiple Choice

How many types of deserts are there?

• 3

• 5

• 0

• 2

Multiple Choice

Choose 2 characteristics of a desert

• sandy/rocky/  gravelly soil

  Low rainfall

• Many plants and animals with waterfalls

• They all have camels and cactus

Multiple Choice

Which continents have deserts on them?

• North America and Africa

• All continents have deserts on them

• Antarctica and Africa

• North America, Antartica and Africa

Multiple Choice

What is the largest hot desert in the world?

• Gobi Desert in Asia

• Mojave in the U.S.A

• Atacama Desert in Chile

• Sahara Desert in Africa

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a cold desert?

• Antarctica

• The Arctic

• The Tundra

• The Sahara