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The climate of desert is usually……………..
a) Rainy and humid    

b) Dark and wet          
c) Wet and cold                      

d) Hot and dry

d

Deserts’ vegetation is dominated by…………
a) Tree

b) Scrubs        

c) Grasses

d) Crops

b

…………is the largest of the world covering an area of 3.5 million sq.
a) Arabian Desert

b) Atacama Desert
c) Sahara Desert        

d)None of these

c

The temperature of the cold deserts remains below freezing point in winter and rises up to……………in summer.
a) 40C              

b) 200 C          

c) 150 C          

d) 270 C

d

In the Mid-Atacama Desert, only……rainfall was recorded in a period of 17 years.
a) 0.5 mm

b) 0.9 mm        .
c) 3 mm

d) 7mm

a

The day time temperature of hot desert vegetation is………….
a) 320C           

b) 400C           

c) 480C           

d) 380C

c