Deserts

Deserts

Assessment

Quiz

Science

4th - 6th Grade

Hard

NGSS.MS-LS4-4, CCSS.L.3.5A, NGSS.MS-LS2-1

+2

Standards-aligned

Created by

Kelly Witkowski

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16 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

10 sec • 1 pt

Deserts are the wettest place on Earth. 
true 
false 

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

True or False? All deserts are very hot.

True

False

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What best describes the climate in the desert?
warm
hot
dry
windy

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following would classify as a desert?

warm temperatures with few animals

warm temperatures with many animals

less than 10 inches of rain per year

more than 10 inches of rain per year

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In the daytime, temperatures can reach _____ degrees F. At night, the air cools to around _______ degrees F.

25, 1

100, -10

50, 10

100,32

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

This continent is an example of a cold desert.

Antartica

Australia

Iceland

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is one thing both "hot" and "cold" deserts have in common?

All the land is made of sand

Underground water filters impurities from the sand.

There is a big change between night and day temperatures.

Both get regular rainfall.

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