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🐪 Hot Deserts – GCSE

Geography · GCSE — desert climate, plant and animal adaptations, development opportunities and desertification

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Between which latitudes are most of the world's hot deserts found?

Between 15° and 30° north and south of the Equator
Between 40° and 60° north and south of the Equator
Within the Arctic and Antarctic Circles
Between 0° and 10° north and south of the Equator
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A hot desert usually receives less than how much rainfall per year?

2,500 mm
500 mm
1,000 mm
250 mm
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Why do most cacti have spines instead of broad leaves?

To attract pollinating insects
To anchor the plant firmly in the sand
To make food by photosynthesis faster
To reduce water loss through transpiration
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Hot deserts can be very hot by day but cold at night. What is the main reason for this?

Sand reflects all the heat back at night
Clear skies let heat escape quickly at night
The Sun is much further away at night
Strong winds blow in from the polar regions
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What happens to air around 30° north and south of the Equator that helps to create hot deserts?

Moist air blows in from the ocean
Air rises and cools into thick cloud
Air sinks, creating high pressure
Air rises, creating low pressure
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A camel's hump helps it survive in the desert. What does the hump store?

Water
Undigested food
Fat
Blood
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The Thar Desert is an example of a hot desert. In which two countries is it found?

Mongolia and China
India and Pakistan
Egypt and Libya
Chile and Peru
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How does overgrazing by livestock contribute to desertification?

It increases cloud cover over the land
It adds too many nutrients to the soil
It raises the water table near the surface
It removes plant cover, exposing soil to erosion
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Which semi-arid region on the southern edge of the Sahara is badly affected by desertification?

The Kalahari
The Atacama
The Outback
The Sahel
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Which project brings irrigation water from the Himalayan rivers to farmland in the Thar Desert?

The Indira Gandhi Canal
The Great Man-Made River
The Aswan High Dam
The Three Gorges Dam
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