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English 3                                                                       Web quest - Deathwatch

Log on to one of these websites to find the answers to the questions below.

http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/deserts/contents/                                   http://www.mbgnet.net/sets/desert/index.htm

http://www.desertusa.com/life.html                                            http://www.stemnet.nf.ca/CITE/deserts.htm

http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/glossary/gloss5/biome/deserts.html

1.  What is the definition of a desert?

2.  What portion of the Earth’s surface is covered by desert?

3.  What is another name for desert?

4.  Name and describe three types of deserts?

5.  What must the average annual rainfall not exceed in areas classified as desert?

6.  What is the average rainfall in semiarid regions?

7.  At what latitudes on the Earth are most deserts located?

8.  Name two deserts in Africa.

9.  Name the four deserts located in North America.

10.  What portion of the Earth’s deserts is covered by sand?

11.  What is the most arid continent on Earth?

12.  Name three wildflowers found in a USA desert?

13.  Name three cacti found in a USA desert?

14.  Name three mammals found in a USA desert?

15.  Name three birds found in a desert?

16.  Name three reptiles found in the desert?

17.  What Native American tribes are from the USA desert area?  Name three.

18.  Find three well-known people who are from a USA desert area?

19. What portion of their body weight can camels drink in one go?

2/23/09 Mrs. Goldberg
Silver Lake Regional High School Library