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WorksheetsComprehension Assessment -Hot Enough to Fry an Egg
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
The following question has two parts. Part A: What is unusual about the Sonoran Desert?
It is in the Southwest.
It is very warm.
It is near the Mojave Desert.
It is a wet desert.
Part B: Which sentence from the selection best supports your answer for Part A?
The Mojave Desert is only one desert in the United States.
It is the largest desert in the United States, covering about 190,000 square miles.
Though it may seem unusual, the Sonoran Desert is also one of the wettest deserts in North America.
At ground level it gets up to a sizzling 165 degrees Fahrenheit.
What are the steppes in the Gobi desert?
dry grasslands
sandy soils
cold rocks
rain shadows
What does the phrase "high elevation" mean in the selection
The depths of the snow can be very high.
Some deserts are farther north than the Mojave Desert.
The temperature is higher than water in the sea.
An area is thousands of feet above sea level.
The cone-shaped hills in the Mojave Desert were caused by
lakes.
playas.
volcanoes.
springs.
What are mirages in the Arabian Desert?
patches of fog that drift over the land
huge piles of sand moved by the wind
pools of water formed by springs
things that look real but are not
Match each of the five deserts with the characteristics.
Rain shadow
Mojave Desert
Below sea level
Death Valley
Cold desert
Great Basin
Rocky plateaus
Sahara Desert
What does the word evaporate mean in the sentence? Water will evaporate in the hot sun.
get a lot colder
turn from liquid to gas
become dusty or dirty
stick together
What does the word continent mean in the sentence? Africa is both a country and a continent.
a small body of water
an area surrounded by water
a container
a large land area
What is a synonym for severe in the sentence? Joann's head had severe pain in her head after falling.
sudden
strong
foolish
friendly
What does the word polar mean in the sentence? The polar explorers are used to harsh weather conditions.
a popular school in the south
the area at the far north or south of the Earth
a popular person who becomes a police office
people who are always late for something
What is a synonym for elevation in this sentence? The experience was more than ten thousand feet above sea level.
experience
visual
elsewhere
height
