WorksheetsThe Thar Desert
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Which two countries contains the Thar desert?
Pakistan
India
Nepal
Iran
What can temperatures get to in the Thar desert in degrees celsius?
22
53
35
78
How many people per km2 live in the Thar desert?
1.000,000
13
10,102
83
What is the best way to define the characteristics of desert soils?
nutrient rich, large leaf litter, impermeable
sandy, lots of organic matter, impermeable
infertile, little organic matter, drains quickly
impermeable, nutrient rich, sandy
What of these is an opportunity of the THAR desert?
Agriculture
Wind surfing
Diamond mining
Star gazing as cloudless skies
Where is the Thar Desert Festival held?
Barmer district
Bhaleri
Jaisalmer
Woking
What types of crops are grown in the Thar desert?
Moustache, sheep and Palm oil
Wheat, Cotton and Mustard
Nylon, pine nuts and Marrows
Tomatoes, grapes and oranges
Which THREE of the following types of energy are harnessed in the Thar desert?
Coal and Oil
Wind
Nuclear
Solar
What is the name of the Thar desert mineral that is used to make plaster?
Dimsum
Granite
Gypsum
Marble
What are the challenges of living in the Thar desert?
Farming, Tourism and Mineral mining
Hydro electric power, gypsum, marble
lack of water, few roads and extreme temperatures
Desert festival at Jaisalmer
Why is accessibility a problem in the Thar desert?
roads get flooded, roads have no signposts
tarmac melts on roads, sand dunes block roads.
the speed limit is 250mph and people drink/drive
camels sit on the roads, there are no maps
Where is the largest solar farm found in the Thar desert?
Jodhpur
Bhaleri
Woking
Valerie
What is the definition of irrigation
Artificially watering crops
using rainfall to moisten crops
water harvesting
crop rotation
Which of the following is a problem of too much irrigation?
waterlogging of ground leads to salt build up (salinization) which poisons plants
soils dry out which leads to cracks in the ground
crop yields increase making farmers more money
water is used to feed swimming pools. This means that people can cool down in the hot sun.
What is the name of the canal built in 1958 to bring water to the Thar desert?
Basingstoke canal
Mississippi canal
Hindustan canal
Indira Ghandi canal
What is Desertification?
Land that suffers from short term drought
Land that is cared for and managed
Land used for farming using sustainable practises
Land is gradually turned into a desert, usually on the edge of an existing desert.
Which of these is NOT a way of reducing desertification?
Water and Soil Management
Tree planting
'Magic Stones' in Burkina Faso
Using watering cans
Which is a human cause of desertification?
over simplification
over cultivation.
over multiplication
over desertification
When trees are removed for fuel the soil is eroded by...
rain, snow and ice
ice, sun and rivers
sun, wind and rain
rivers, wind and frost
Tree planting can reduce desertification by...
giving more wood for people to use as fuel.
allows the soil to be baked by the sun and then eroded
people can tap into the plants and drink fresh water
the roots hold the soil together and they act as windbreaks.
