Desert Basics
This is a defining characteristic of a desert
Being very dry/ receiving little precipitation
This famous river runs through the Sahara
The Nile
The mostly desert interior of Australia is called this
The Outback
This U.S. desert contains Death Valley
The Mojave Desert
Water falling to Earth as rain, hail, snow, or sleet
Precipitation
This desert plant is especially well adapted to dry conditions
A cactus
Salt mines and Camel Caravans
A kangaroo belongs to this group of animals that carry young in a pouch
A marsupial
This desert extends from Mexico into Texas and New Mexico
The Chihuahuan Desert
A scientist who studies weather patterns over time
Climatologist
A desert location with plentiful drinking water is called
An oasis
This African desert is a game reserve with many plants and wild animals
The Kalahari Desert
These Aboriginal "maps" of the world are passed on by word of mouth
Songlines
The Devil's Highway is located in this desert
The Sonoran Desert
The process by which a liquid changes to a vapor or gas
Evaporation
When a plant or animal changes its behavior in reaction to its environment, it does this
Adapts
The San traditionally store water in the eggshells of this bird
Ostrich
This desert, located in Asia, is famous for fossils
The Gobi Desert
This South American desert is considered the driest place on Earth
The Atacama Desert
Natural or human processes that turn fertile land into desert
Desertification
Hot and cold Deserts can both have a dramatic temperature change between these two periods of time
Day and Night
Unlike the idea that all the Deserts are empty, the Kalahari shows that Deserts can contain this
A variety of plants and wild animals
The Gobi covers most of this country and part of Northern China
Mongolia
Patagonia is in this country, where winter falls from June through September because it is in the Southern Hemisphere
Argentina
A dry region with a little more moisture than a true desert, enough for grasses, shrubs, and scattered tree
Semiarid region