Hot deserts key terms

Hot deserts key terms

9th - 11th Grade

12 Qs

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Hot deserts key terms

Hot deserts key terms

Assessment

Quiz

Geography

9th - 11th Grade

Easy

Created by

Sophie Sparks

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12 questions

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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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