Deserts

Q. Which of the following is the Largest Desert in the World?

1. Sahara Desert
2. Gobi Desert
3. Arctic Desert
4. None of the above

Q. Choose the main features of deserts.

1. Extreme temperatures
2. Dense vegetation
3. Scanty vegetation
4. Low rainfall

Q. The desert is a place which receives annual rainfall of less than mm.

1. 250
2. 25
3. 100
4. 150

Q. What are the features of a desert?

1. High temperature
2. Low rainfall
3. Scanty vegetation
4. High humidity

Q.

Deserts are characterized by

1. All of these

2. Low rainfall

3. Extreme temperatures

4. Scanty vegetation

Q. Which of the following is the correct definition of desert? Select the most appropriate statement.

1. It is a region that experiences hot sunny days and high temperature throughout the year.
2. Desert is a region characterised by very low rainfall, extreme temperatures and scanty vegetation.
3. It is region which experience very low temperature either below 10 degree or above 40 degree Celsius.
4. Deserts are areas which receive very low rainfall and have very low temperatures throughout the year.

Q. A desert receives less than ____ mm of rainfall in a year.

1. 50
2. 150
3. 250
4. 350

Q. Deserts receive _______ rainfall.

1. very low
2. heavy
3. no
4. moderate

Q. ________ vegetation is seen in deserts.

1. Sparse
2. Thick
3. Moderate
4. Very thick

Q. Hot deserts have ______ temperature.

1. extremely high
2. extremely low
3. extremely high or extremely low
4. slightly hot

Q. Which of the following are features of a desert?

1. It is always hot
2. Low rainfall
3. Extreme temperatures
4. Scanty vegetation

Q. Choose the right statement.

1. People do not live deserts.
2. People don't live in deserts during summers.
3. People live in some parts of deserts.
4. People live in all parts of deserts.

Q. What would happen if Earth stopped rotating?

1. Earth would run out of oxygen
2. Half of Earth would experience extremely hot temperatures
3. Half of Earth would experience freezing cold temperatures
4. Earth would become uninhabitable

Q. Select the wrong statement.

1. People live in some parts of deserts.
2. Rainfall is very low in deserts.
3. Vegetation is sparse in deserts.
4. People do not practice agriculture in all deserts of the world.