Deserts

Deserts are entirely made up of sand

• True

• False

Deserts do not grow larger

• True

• False

How much of the Earth's surface is desert?

• 1/2

• 1/3

• 4/5

• 2/3

A desert is a hot or cold region that receives little or no rainfall.

• True

• False

Most of the world's hot deserts are located in

• The Northern Hemisphere

• The Southern Hemisphere

• Between the Tropic of Capricorn and the Tropic of Cancer

• the Equator

Temperatures in a hot desert can range from

• 97°C to -76°C

• 35°C to 60°C

• 45°C to -15°C

• 45°C to 15°C

Identify the world's largest desert

• Mojave

• Antarctic

• Sahara

• Simpson

Which process/es create desert landforms?

• Erosion

• Deposition

• Weathering

• All of the above

Erosion is

• the breaking down of rocks through the action of wind and water and the effects of climate

• the wearing away and removal of soil and rock by wind, waves, rivers or ice, and human activity.

• the laying down of sediment carried by wind, flowing water, the sea or ice.

• the movement of goods or people from one location to another location.

Weathering is

• the wearing away and removal

  of soil and rock by natural elements, such as wind, waves, rivers or ice, and

  by human activity

• the breaking down of rocks through the action of wind and water and the effects of climate

• the laying down of sediment carried by wind, flowing water, the sea or ice.

• is the movement of goods or people from one location to another location