Year 11 revision reinforcement 2

What is the main characteristic of a desert?

• sand

• lack of rain

• cactus

• large amount of plants

Answer explanation

Deserts have less than 25 cm of rain per year

How cold does a desert get on average at night?

• 1 degrees celcius

• -10 degrees celcius

• -3 degrees celcius

• 30 degrees celcius

Answer explanation

Due to a lack of humidity in deserts, the air cannot hold the heat radiated by the sand, which gets heated during the sunny daytime hours.

What plants can survive in a desert biome?

• Ferns

• Succulents

• Cacti

• Fig tree

Answer explanation

Other plants found in a desert:

Prickly Pear Cacti.

Tumbleweed.

Saguaro Cactus.

Mexican Poppies.

Weathered Trees.

Wildflowers.

Orange Trees.

Ficus.

Most deserts remain above 25 degrees overnight

• True

• False

. 

Deserts are found on every continent

• True

• False

. 

What is the largest desert in the world

• Gobi

• Sahara

• Great Victorian

• Antarctic

 

What is the largest hot desert on earth?

• Arabian

• Arctic

• Sahara

• Kalahari

The Atacama desert has an average rainfall of

• 7 cm

• 0.3 cm

• 0.7 cm

• 3cm

Answer explanation

Known as the driest desert in the world

The average rainfall in the Atacama Desert is less than one millimeter per year, making it fifty times drier than Death Valley in California, USA. In fact, there are sectors that have never received a drop of rain, at least in the time since they started measuring.

Name the main characteristics of a hot desert.

• High daytime temperatures, low night time temperatures, low rainfall

• High daytime temperatures, high night time temperatures, low rainfall

• Low daytime temperatures, low night time temperatures, high rainfall

What does it mean when animals are described as nocturnal?

• They hibernate during the winter.

• They sleep during the day and come out at night.

• They don't need a lot of water.