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Frozen Desert

Quiz by Ashley Holland

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  • Q1
    Which is a reason that there is no sand in the Gobi Desert?
    Temperatures are extremely cold
    Heavy winds whip through the Gobi Plains
    The Himalaya mountains block wet weather from reaching the area
    The landscape is bare with little plant life
    120s
  • Q2
    Which does NOT show the effects of extreme cold weather in the frozen desert?
    People can't live there for a long period of time
    Temperatures are extreme
    It's too cold for plants to grow
    Ice sheets build over time eventually forming ice shelves and icebergs.
    120s
  • Q3
    Which sentence best explains why the Gobi Desert is called a rain shadow desert?
    "Brrrr. It’s the desert, but I’m freezing!"
    "Another frozen desert, the Gobi, reaches from Mongolia to China."
    "A large mountain range, the Himalayas, blocks the wet weather from reaching the area."
    "But the Gobi can get as cold as 40° F below zero in the winter."
    120s
  • Q4
    Why could the Gobi desert be considered a frozen desert?
    In the winter time, temperatures can be forty degrees below zero.
    In the summer time, temperatures can get as hot as 122 degrees.
    It isn't covered in ice.
    It is freezing cold and covered with ice and snow.
    120s

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