Grade 3 Living in Deserts

The air is humid and wet in the desert.

• true

• false

When does a flash flood happen?

• It happens when fewer than 25 cm of rain fall in deserts each year.

• A desert is an extreme place to live.

• More people have drowned in desert rainstorms than have died from thirst.

• A flash flood happens when a desert's dry ground cannot soak up water quickly.

Where can you find deserts?

• in the Indian Ocean

• in South America, North America, Asia, Australia, Africa, and Antarctica.

• in Europe

Where can you find a cold desert?

Lack of water can lead to ____________.

People can get _________from extreme temperatures.

What are some ways people have found to protect themselves against the extreme conditions of deserts?

Where do the people of Coober Pedy, Australia live?

• They build homes with bricks they make from mixing mud with straw.

• They dig underground rooms and live underground!

• They live in Phoenix, Arizona.

What do the San people of the Kalahair Desert do to suck up water from underground?

• They use modern technology to build air-conditioned buildings.

• They live near an oasis. So they get the water from it.

• They use long reeds to suck up water from underground.

• They dig up water with their hands.

Why do most people live near an oasis in deserts?