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Deserts

Deserts

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Geography, Social Studies

5th Grade

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Deserts

Geography Year 5

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

What are deserts?

Deserts are the driest places in the world.

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

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

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

Kinds of desert

  • There are two kinds of desert

  • 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.

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

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Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a cold desert?

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The Arctic

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The Tundra

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Antarctica

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The Sahara

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Multiple Choice

How many types of deserts are there?

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3

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5

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0

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2

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Multiple Choice

Choose 2 characteristics of a desert

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sandy/rocky/  gravelly soil

Low rainfall

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Many plants and animals with waterfalls

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They all have camels and cactus

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Multiple Choice

Which continents have deserts on them?

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North America and Africa

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All continents have deserts on them

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Antarctica and Africa

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North America, Antartica and Africa

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Multiple Choice

What is the largest hot desert in the world?

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Gobi Desert in Asia

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Mojave in the U.S.A

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Atacama Desert in Chile

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Sahara Desert in Africa

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Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a cold desert?

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Antarctica

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The Arctic

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The Tundra

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The Sahara

Deserts

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