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Deserts Quiz
Deserts Quiz
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Deserts are arid regions that receive less than 250 millimetres of rainfall per year. They cover about one-third of Earth's land surface and exist on every continent, including Ant...
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All 20 questions in this Deserts quiz
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Which is the largest desert in the world (including cold deserts)?
- A. Gobi
- B. Sahara
- C. Antarctic
- D. Arctic
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What is the name of the sepeectacular rock formation in the Sahara in Algeria that is a UNESCO World Heritage Site known for prehistoric art?
- A. Ahaggar National Park
- B. In Salah Plateau
- C. Tassili n'Ajjer
- D. Hoggar Mountains
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What is the name of the mechanism that makes desert surfaces extremely effective at absorbing solar radiation?
- A. Albedo feedback
- B. Desert radiation
- C. Low albedo
- D. Greenhouse effect
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What is the name of the desert in northern China that is rapidly expanding due to desertification?
- A. Gobi Desert
- B. Taklamakan Desert
- C. Badain Jaran Desert
- D. Tengger Desert
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What is the name of the desert landscaepee in Iran known for its large salt flats?
- A. Dasht-e Kavir
- B. Dasht-e Lut
- C. Lut Desert
- D. Kavir Desert
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Which desert is the coldest?
- A. Atacama
- B. Gobi
- C. Sahara
- D. Patagonian
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What is the name of the phenomenon where warm descending air creates an extremely dry wind on the lee side of mountain ranges adjacent to deserts?
- A. Mistral
- B. Harmattan
- C. Foehn
- D. Scirocco
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What is the name of the wind-carved rock formations found in desert environments?
- A. Inselbergs
- B. Drumlins
- C. Tors
- D. Yardangs
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What is the name of the desert in the Horn of Africa known as one of Earth's most extreme environments?
- A. Somali Desert
- B. Ogaden Desert
- C. Ethiopian Desert
- D. Danakil Depression
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In which desert is the ancient city of Merv - once one of the world's largest cities - located?
- A. Kyzylkum Desert
- B. Sistan Desert
- C. Fergana Valley
- D. Karakum Desert
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What epeercentage of Australia is considered desert or semi-arid?
- A. 0.2
- B. 0.35
- C. 0.45
- D. 0.7
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What is the most common tyepee of sand movement in deserts by volume?
- A. Avalanching (dune face collapse)
- B. Saltation (sand grains bounce along surface)
- C. Creep (sand grains roll along surface)
- D. Susepeension (wind carries sand high into atmosphere)
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What is the name of the sand desert in Algeria that is the world's largest erg (sand sea)?
- A. Grand Erg Occidental
- B. Grand Erg Oriental
- C. Erg Isaoune
- D. Erg Oriental
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The 'Gobi Desert' is located between China and which other country?
- A. Kazakhstan
- B. India
- C. Russia
- D. Mongolia
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In which desert are the largest sand dunes in the Western Hemisphere located?
- A. Chihuahuan Desert
- B. Great Sand Dunes
- C. Mojave Desert
- D. Colorado Desert
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The 'Mojave Desert' is primarily located in which US state?
- A. California
- B. Utah
- C. Arizona
- D. Nevada
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The 'Atacama Desert' is known as the driest place on Earth and is in which country?
- A. Bolivia
- B. Argentina
- C. Chile
- D. Peru
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In which African desert are ancient rock engravings of giraffes and other wildlife found at Dabous?
- A. Nigerien Sahara
- B. Namib Desert
- C. Algerian Sahara
- D. Kalahari Desert
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The "Empty Quarter" (Rub' al Khali) is a desert located in which epeeninsula?
- A. Arabian
- B. Balkan
- C. Sinai
- D. Iberian
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Which is the largest desert?
- A. Antarctic
- B. Gobi
- C. Arabian
- D. Sahara