Starter quiz
- A place on Earth that is very hot and very dry and has less than 25 cm of rain per year is called a ______.
- 'hot desert' ✓
- Match the beginnings of these sentences about hot places to the correct endings.
- Tropical rainforests have⇔a lot of different plants and animals. ✓
- A hot desert climate is⇔very hot and dry. ✓
- Hot deserts have⇔less than 25 cm of rain each year. ✓
- The climate in tropical rainforests is⇔hot and wet. ✓
- The ______ of a place is the average weather conditions (e.g. sunny, windy, rainy) taken over a long period of time (e.g. 30 years).
- 'climate' ✓
- What is soil?
- Soil is the loose upper layer of the Earth's surface. ✓
- Soil is where plants grow. ✓
- Soil is formed from tiny particles of rock, dead plants, air and water. ✓
- Soil is another name for rocks and mountains.
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- Where do you find hot deserts?
- at the poles
- in the tropics ✓
- near the Equator
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- Climate change ...
- is a large-scale and long-term change in Earth's climate. ✓
- means the whole planet is getting hotter. ✓
- means the planet is getting colder.
- means one or two countries are getting hotter.
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Exit quiz
- Put these letters in the right order to find the answer to the following question. What is the name of the layer of the Earth's surface where plants grow?
- 1⇔S
- 2⇔O
- 3⇔I
- 4⇔L
- What are crops?
- trees, flowers and forests
- sheep and cows
- plants such as corn, fruit and vegetables grown by farmers ✓
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- Hot deserts are ...
- places that have less than 25 cm of rain each year. ✓
- located at the poles.
- found near the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn. ✓
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- What is the name of the largest hot desert in the world?
- the Gobi desert
- the Sahara desert ✓
- the Arabian desert
- the Namib desert
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- Which of these groups of people live in the Sahara desert?
- the Tuareg people ✓
- the Inuit people
- the Yanomamo tribe
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- Which of these plants do you find in the desert?
- orchids
- cactuses ✓
- oak trees
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Key learning points
- The largest hot desert in the world is the Sahara, in North Africa, and it is still growing.
- Hot deserts have extremely high temperatures during the day and very little rain; not much life can survive there.
- Not many people live in hot desert regions because of the lack of water for everyday activities and growing crops.
Common misconception
No one is able to live in the Sahara desert.
2.5 million people live in the Sahara desert.
Keywords
Hot desert - Hot deserts are areas on Earth which are very hot and very dry, having less than 25 cm of rain per year.
Soil - Soil is the loose upper layer of the Earth’s surface where plants grow, and is formed from tiny particles of rock, dead plants and animals, air and water.
Climate change - A long term change in the earth’s climate. Overall Earth is getting warmer.
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