
Hot deserts key terms
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Geography
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9th - 11th Grade
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Easy
Sophie Sparks
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Cacti such the barbary fig have deep roots that can access water supplies far underground. What are these roots called?
Tap roots
Buttress roots
Aquifer roots
Percolation roots
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
An area is classed as a desert if it gets less than ...mm of precipitation annually.
250
25
2.5
2,500
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which term means an area that is very dry
Arid
Alid
Atid
Apid
4.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which TWO descriptions of desert climates are most accurate?
Hot days often over 40C
Hot days often over 60C
Warm nights which are usually around 15C
Cold nights which can be below 0C
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which is the proper term for a xerophytic (desert) plant which has a thick waxy skin and can store water in its stem and leaves?
Succulents
Moist-holders
Xeroments
Spinecents
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Some desert plants can survive as seeds for decades until the conditions are right for them to bloom. This is called lying...
dormant
fallow
torpid
comatose
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A natural underground water store supplied by groundwater flow is called a...
Aquifer
Sluice
Mere
Reservoir
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