Location
This desert is found in northern Africa and is the largest hot desert in the world.
Sahara Desert
Deserts usually get less than this amount of rainfall per year.
250mm
This desert plant uses a thick, waxy skin and sharp spines instead of leaves to store water and protect itself from thirsty animals.
Cactus
Covering over 5.4 million square miles, this icy polar region holds the title of the largest desert on Earth.
Antarctica
This desert is located in Australia and is known as the largest desert on the continent.
Victoria Desert
This type of desert is very hot during the day and cool at night.
Hot desert
Known as the "ships of the desert," these animals store fat in their humps, which they convert into energy when food is scarce.
camels
Only about 20% of Earth's deserts are actually covered in this granular material.
Sand
This process turns land dry and unable to support life.
desertification
These deserts have hot summers and cold winters.
mid-latitude deserts
These small, big-eared foxes use their oversized ears not just for hearing, but to radiate body heat away and stay cool in the Sahara. Fennec Fox
Fennec Fox
Stretching across northern Africa, this famous desert is nearly the size of the entire United States. Sahara Desert
Sahara Desert
These activities disturb land and habitats in deserts (name two).
mining/oil extraction/tourism
This process in deserts causes water to quickly turn into vapor due to high temperatures, making water scarcity worse.
evaporation
This desert arachnid glows under ultraviolet (black) light and uses a sharp stinger on its tail for defense and hunting.
Scorpion
Located in South America, this is the oldest and driest non-polar desert on Earth, where some weather stations have recorded zero rain for centuries.
Atacama Desert