Grade 3 Living in Deserts

The air is humid and wet in the desert.

• true

• false

When does a flash flood happen?

• It happens when fewer than 25 cm of rain fall in deserts each year.

• A desert is an extreme place to live.

• More people have drowned in desert rainstorms than have died from thirst.

• A flash flood happens when a desert's dry ground cannot soak up water quickly.

Where can you find deserts?

• in the Indian Ocean

• in South America, North America, Asia, Australia, Africa, and Antarctica.

• in Europe

Where can you find a cold desert?

(a)  

Lack of water can lead to (a)   .

People can get (a)   from extreme temperatures.

What are some ways people have found to protect themselves against the extreme conditions of deserts?

(a)  

Where do the people of Coober Pedy, Australia live?

• They build homes with bricks they make from mixing mud with straw.

• They dig underground rooms and live underground!

• They live in Phoenix, Arizona.

What do the San people of the Kalahair Desert do to suck up water from underground?

• They use modern technology to build air-conditioned buildings.

• They live near an oasis. So they get the water from it.

• They use long reeds to suck up water from underground.

• They dig up water with their hands.

Why do most people live near an oasis in deserts?

(a)