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The World Deserts Core Knowledge Sequence-vocabulary words and review questions
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1
A place in the desert where water can be found is called an...
oasis
desert
semi-arid
habitat
2
The Gobi Desert is located on the continent of Asia.
True
False
3
The Great Basin Desert is located in Mexico.
True
False
4
What kind of plant is well adapted to living in the desert?
prairie grasses
elm
moss
cactus
5
The name of the native people who originally lived and settled in Australia.
marsupial
adapt
aborigine
habitat
6
The Sonoran Desert is located in Canada.
False
True
7
Which is NOT true of Death Valley?
It has the lowest elevation in the Western Hemisphere.
It was formed between two fault lines.
It boasts the highest recorded temperature in the USA.
It has never been a busy area.
8
The northernmost end of the Arabian Peninsula connects...
Asia and Europe
North and South America
Africa and Europe
Africa and Asia
9
Where is the Mojave Desert located?
Africa
southwest United States
Argentina
Canada
10
According to Aborigine myth, what was "dreamtime"?
a time before time
a time to sleep
a time to dream
a time after time
11
The Sahara stretches from the...
Mediterranean Sea to the North Sea.
Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea.
Indian Ocean to the Red Sea.
Atlantic Ocean to the Gulf of Mexico.
12
Which is one of the ancient creatures that roamed the area that is the Gobi today?
velociraptor
ostrich
kangaroo
fish
13
What are songlines?
the words to the Australian national anthem
roads through the desert that wind whistles through
Aborigines' maps of their world that they pass on by word
the sounds that ostriches make to warn of danger
14
The Arabian Desert is located in the country of Saudia Arabia.
False
True
15
Patagonia is in which country?
Argentina
Cuba
Mexico
Brazil
16
The Gobi covers...
Saudia Arabia
all of southern China
most of Mongolia and northern China
all of mongolia
17
A type of mammal that carries it's young in a pouch that is part of the abdomen.
adapt
marsupial
aborigine
habitat
18
Which desert extends from Mexico into Texas and New Mexico?
Chihuahuan
Gobi
Kalahari
Patagonia
19
What important resource lies beneath the desert of Saudi Arabia?
gold
oil
diamonds
silver
20
When an animal is active at night it is referred to as being
nocturnal
aborigine
marsupial
adapt
21
Why is winter in Patagonia from June through September?
The Indians named the seasons this way.
Patagonia is in the Southern Hemisphere.
Patagonia is east of the international date line.
Patagonia is on the equator.
22
The environment in which a plant or animal normally lives.
adapt
oasis
desertification
habitat
23
The Chihuahuan Desert is located on the continent of North America.
True
False
24
The Great Victoria Desert is located in South America.
True
False
25
The Kalahari is in which direction from the Sahara?
north
west
south
east
26
Which river runs through the Sahara?
Hudson
Mississippi
Nile
Amazon
27
A desert location with plentiful drinkable water is called...
a dune
an avalanche
an oasis
a caravan
28
When an animal or plant changes its behavior in reaction to its environment, it...
grows
regulates
dies
adapts
29
An example of a nocturnal desert animal is a...
kangaroo
lizard
camel
llama
30
The Sahara Desert is located on the continent of Africa.
True
False
31
How many permanent rivers run through the Arabian Peninsula?
3
10
0
too many to count
32
The Devil's Highway crosses the Sonoran Desert in
Argentina
Arizona
China
Mexico
33
An animal with a pouch, such as a kangaroo, is called a...
marsupial
carnivore
mammal
rodent
34
Death Valley is in which desert?
Sonoran
Chihuahuan
Gobi
Mojave
35
What is the interior, mostly desert part of Australia called?
plateau
savannah
the Outback
billabong
36
As European settlers arrived in Patagonia, they...
contracted many of the diseases of the Tehuelche Indians.
pushed the interior to establish sheep and cattle ranches.
honored their agreements not to take their land.
were overwhelmed by the abundance of guanaco and rhea.
37
A place that gets less than 10 inches of rain per year is called a...
semi-arid
desert
oasis
habitat
38
What is a desert?
all of the above
a place that is very dry
a place that is very sandy
a place that is very hot
39
The Gobi is surrounded by...
mountains
ice
Mogols
oases
40
What is one thing that both "hot" and "cold" deserts have in common?
all the land is made of sand
underground water filters impurities from the sand
there is a dramatic change between day and night temps.
both get regular, predictable periods of rainfall
41
In what bird's eggshells do the San people store water?
ostrich
owl
chicken
penguin
42
The Aborigines have survived in Australia because they...
adapted to their environment over the years
hunted roadrunners and guanacos
abandoned their traditional ways for more modern ones
got help from the Europeans who arrived on their land
43
On what continent is the Gobi desert?
Europe
Asia
Africa
South America
