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Classifying Earth's Deserts: Multiple Choice
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- 01What is the largest desert in the world overall, which is also classified as a polar desert?
- 02The Atacama and Namib are examples of which type of desert, formed by cold ocean currents offshore?
- 03Deserts located around the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn, formed by large-scale air circulation patterns, are known as what type of desert?
- 04Known as the driest non-polar desert in the world, some weather stations here have never recorded any rainfall. Which desert is it?
- 05The phenomenon where mountains block rain-producing weather systems, creating a dry area on the leeward side, is known as what?
- 06What is the name of the largest desert on the Australian continent?
- 07What is the largest hot desert in the world?
- 08Which of these is the largest cold winter desert, characterized by hot summers and extremely cold winters?
- 09Spanning parts of the United States and Mexico, which is the largest desert in North America?
- 10What is the primary characteristic that defines a desert?