Hot deserts for GCSE Geography (AQA): 3 ready-made live quiz games, 45 questions in all.
The questions cover Hot deserts and desertification, Hot desert characteristics, Developing a hot desert and Desertification: causes and strategies.
There are 2 practice sets and 1 quickfire round. Question types: 23 true or false, 16 multiple choice and 6 matching.
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The gamesEach set is a fixed list of questions. Open a preview to see a few of them.
Quickfire: Hot deserts
GCSE15 questions· Warm-up
Plays in 17 of 17 game modes, including Gold Rush, Big Catch and Speed Blitz.
Preview 3 sample questions
- 1
Desert adaptations: true or false?
Many desert animals are nocturnal.
- 2
Where does desertification mainly happen?
On the dry edges of desertsIn tropical rainforestsIn the centre of the driest deserts
- 3
What does a camel store in its hump?
WaterFatSandMilk
+ 12 more questions in the game.
Practice
Hot deserts: Hot deserts and desertification
GCSE15 questions· Core
Plays in 17 of 17 game modes, including Gold Rush, Big Catch and Speed Blitz.
Preview 3 sample questions
- 1
Which action helps to reduce desertification?
Building more tourist resorts in the desertIrrigating new crop fields on the desert floorPlanting trees to protect the soil
- 2
Which is a physical cause of desertification?
Overgrazing by goatsDrought linked to climate changeRemoving trees for fuel wood
- 3
Hot deserts: true or false?
Nights in a hot desert can be very cold.
+ 12 more questions in the game.
Practice
Hot deserts: Developing a hot desert
GCSE15 questions· Core
Plays in 17 of 17 game modes, including Gold Rush, Big Catch and Speed Blitz.
Preview 3 sample questions
- 1
What is the maximum annual rainfall of a hot desert?
Under 250 mm a yearUnder 1000 mm a yearUnder 25 mm a yearNone at all, ever
- 2
Desert adaptations: true or false?
A waxy skin helps a plant lose less water.
- 3
The location of hot deserts: true or false?
Air sinks over hot deserts, giving dry, cloudless weather.
+ 12 more questions in the game.
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