What is a desert

A place that is very hotA place that is very sandyA place that is very dryAll of the above

What is one thing that both “hot” and “cold” deserts have in common? All the land is made of sandUnderground filters impurities from the

sandThere is a dramatic change between

day and night temperaturesBoth get regular, predictable periods of

rainfall.

Which kind of plan is well adapted to living in the desert?CactusMossElmPrairie Grasses

An example of a nocturnal desert animal is aLizardKangarooLlamaCamel

When an animal or plant changes its ehavior in reaction to its environment, itDiesAdaptsGrowsRegulates

A desert location with plentiful drinkable water is calledAn oasisA caravanAn avalancheA dune

Which river runs through the Sahara?AmazonHudsonNileYellow

The Sahara stretches from the

Mediterranean Sea to the North SeaIndian Ocean to the Red SeaAtlantic Ocean to the Gulf of MexicoAtlantic Ocean to the Red Sea

The Kalahari is in which direction from the Sahara?NorthSouthEast West

In what bird’s eggshells do the San people store water?OwlOstrichChickenPenguin

The Aborigines have survided in Australia because theyAdapted to their environment closely

over thousand of yearsGot help from the Europeans who

arrived on their landAbandoned their traditional ways for

more modern onesHunted roadrunners and guanacos

What is the interior, mostly desert part of Australia called?PlateauSavannahBillabongThe Outback

An animal with a pouch, such as a kangaroo, is called aMammalMarsupialRodentCarnivore

What are songlines

The words to the Australian national anthem

The sounds that ostriches make to warn of danger

Aborigines’ maps of their world that they passed on by word of mouth

Roads through the desert that wind whistles through

According to Aborigine myth, what was “dreamtime”?A time to sleepA time after timeA time to dreamA time before time

On what continent is the Gobi desert”EuropeAfricaSouth AmericaAsia

Which is not one of the ancient creatures that roamed the area that is the Gobi today?VelociraptorDinosaurOstrichProtoceratops

The Gobi covers

All of mongoliaMost of Mongolia and part of northern

ChinaAll of southern chinaSaudi Arabia

The Gobi is surrounded by

MountainsOasesIceMongols

The northernmost end of the Arabian peninsula connectsNorth and South AmericaAfrica and AsiaAsia and EuropeAfrica and Europe

How many permanent rivers run through the Arabian Peninsula0103Too many to count

What important resource lies beneath the desert of Saudi Arabia?Gold DiamondsOilSilver

Where is the Mojave Desert

ArgentinaAfricaCanadaSouthwest United States

Death Valley is in which desert?GobiSonoranChihuahuanMojave

Which is not true of Death Valley?It was formed between two fault linesIt has the lowest elevation in the

Western HemisphereIt boasts the highest recorded

temperature in the United StatesIt has never been a busy area

Which desert extends from Mexico into Texas and New Mexico?PatagoniaChihuahuanGobiKalahari

Devil’s Highway crosses the Sonoran Desert inMexicoArgentinaChinaArizona

Patagonia is in which country?

BrazilArgentinaMexicoCuba

Why is winter in Patagonia from June through SeptemberPatagonia is on the equatorPatagonia is in the Southern

HemispherePatagonia is east of the international

date lineThe Indians name the seasons this

way.

As European settlers arrived in Patagonai, theyPushed into the interior to establish

sheep and cattle ranchesContracted many of the diseases of the

Theuelche IndiansWere overwhelmed by the abundance

of guanaco and rheaHonored their agreements with the

inhabitants not to take their lands