GCSE - Hot Deserts (Living World)

The process of increasing salt content in the soil making the ground become more salty and infertile.

• Salinisation

• Saltinisation

• Salt Cycle

• Saltiness

A thick fleshy plant which retains water well within it’s stem and have very small leaves.

• Cactus

• Prickly Pear

• Succulent

• Josua Tree

Changes to the structure or appearance to a plant or animal to enable it to benefit in the environment it lives in.

• Biological Changes

• Behavioural Changes

• Environmental Changes

• Physical Changes

Something changes day to day or throughout the day into the night (in 24 hours)

• Diurnal

• Daily

• Bi-Weekly

• Weekly

Known as the output of the plant crop. This can be the measure of the area of land cultivated, the successful generation of the plant grown and how much of the plant can be used or sold on.

• Crop Output

• Crop Yield

• Vegetation Output

• Vegetation Yield

Establishment of forest or group of trees in an area where there was no previous tree cover.

• Afforestation

• Deforestation

• Planting Trees

• Greening

Small scale simple and easy to build technology, which is designed to fit the needs of those who use it. This can be at a local community level and delivered to those who are in need of it for example for gas, electricity, food or water.

• Sufficient Technology

• Developed Technology

• Appropriate Technology

• Adaptation

Soil that is thin, dry, sandy and rocky and may appear crusty.

• Desertification

• Desert Soil

• Desert Ground

• Desertifying

Having little or no rainfall creating a dry, barren environment, which cannot support vegetation.

• Arid Environment

• Developed Environment

• Dry Environment

• Barren Environment

A plant, which has adapted to survive within an environment with very little liquid water.

• Cactus

• Joshua Tree

• Xylophone

• Xerophyte