Africa Climate

90% of the continent of Africa lies in this climate zone. It is the largest of any continent and the temperatures here run high all year long.

• Temperate

• Tundra

• Subtropical

• Tropical

This desert stretches 3,000 miles west to east, 1,200 miles north to south, and is the largest desert in the world

• Kalahari Desert

• Death Valley

• Sahara Desert

• Namib Desert

The Serengeti Plains are home to a dry climate with hard soil. Making it almost impossible to grow trees and many crops. The conditions here are ideal for growing only ____.

• corn

• tea

• grass

• sugar

This region receives the most rainfall in Africa. It sits near the equator and has a very dense vegetation of trees, plants, and leaves that cause and "umbrella" over the ground.

• Desert

• Grassland

• Rainforest

• Sahel

The process of the expansion of dry conditions into moist areas next to deserts from human activity and nature is known as what?

• Deforestation

• Tilling

• Desertification

• Sahelification

What physical feature is number 10

• Sahara Desert

• Savanna

• Tropical Rainforest

• Kalahari Desert

What is a savanna?

• a grassy plain in tropical and subtropical region

• a desert in a semi-arid region

• an area of relatively level high ground

• wetlands that form as rivers empty their water and sediment into another body of water

What physical feature is number 9

• Niger River

• Congo River

• Nile River

• Mississippi river

What landform has scattered trees and rolling grasslands?

• Sahel

• Savanna

• Kalahari Desert

• Sahara

This landform lies along the Atlantic Coast near the equator.

• Mt. Kilimanjaro

• Great Rift Valley

• Nile River

• Tropical Rainforest