| A | B |
|---|
| Air conditioning | what people use to keep cool (but it is expensive!) |
| Tap roots | Long roots desert plants use to get water |
| Creosote bush | spreads poisons from its roots to kill other plants |
| Evaporation | The hot sun generates a lof of this! |
| Waxy leaves | these help plants reduce the amount of evaporation |
| Sand dunes | These can shift from side to side witgh strong winds |
| Nomads | These people do not have fixed homes |
| Ephemeral river/dry river | Flowing when heavy rain falls, at other times bone dry |
| Droughts | No water - a common desert problem! |
| Bare rock | 9 in 10 deserts are like this |
| Flash flood | these can occur when heavy rain falls suddenly |
| Atacama desert | Found in Chile - no rain fell for 199 years! |
| Gobi desert | Found in China - cold! |
| Sahara | the biggest desert in the world, found in Africa |
| Oasis | An area of water in the desert - lush! (literally) |
| Desalination | A way of boiling sea water to get rid of the salt - nifty! |
