Hot desert opportunities

Which kind of activity can you NOT do on holiday in the hot desert regions?

• Dune buggy tours

• Hiking along the Grand Canyon

• A camel safari,

• Visiting Disneyland

What is the name for farming of crops well suited for arid conditions, such as sorghum?

• Desert agriculture

• Industrialisation

• Mechanisation

• Manufacturing

What is the term for growing of crops in arid areas, with the support of trees to provide shade and soil stability.

• Viticulture

• Agroforestry

• Fertiliser

• Evaptranspiration

The artificial process of applying controlled amounts of water to land to assist in production of crops is called?

• Desertification

• Transpiration

• Irrigation

• Agroforestry

This type of region is so dry that very few plants can grow on it and rainfall is very low and unreliable.

• Temperate

• Monsoon

• Tropical

• Arid

Excess irrigation of land can causes salts to rise to the surface and the land becomes infertile. This is called?

• Hybridisation

• Salinisation

• Evapotranspiration

• Desertification

Which of these is NOT a type of renewable energy?

• Solar

• Wind

• Wave

• Diesel

What is the term for an activity which produces zero carbon dioxide emissions overall? This done by balancing carbon dioxide emissions with removal.

• Global Climate Change

• Carbon neutral

• Carbonisation

• Decarbonisation

What is the term for natural water storage beneath the ground from years of accumulated rainfall.

• Lochs

• Groundwater

• Caves

• Sea water

Name the permeable or porous rock like sandstone or limestone that holds water.

• Aqueous

• Aquifer

• Lucifer

• Aquarius