Expedition 25 (Subtropic) Quiz

The author’s purpose is.

• to entertain

• to inform

• to persuade

What does the title refer to?

• The age of the author

• The temperature of the land

• The Subtropic Zone

• The number of expeditions

The climate is similar at both 25° north latitude and 25° south latitude because.

Think about the main idea of this book. Why do you think the author tells us to "take plenty of water" on the trip?

The book is about countries in the zone.

• Tropic

• Temperate

• Polar

• South Pole

How are the Namib Desert and Cairo, Egypt similar?

Saudi Arabia is different from Cairo because.

Desalinization is.

• drilling wells

• the study of rocks

• removing salt from seawater

• learning to survive in the desert

All the deserts and cities in this book are similar because.

What are lines of latitude?