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WELCOME TO THE DESERT!
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Question 1
What is a Desert?
A desert is a hot dry place.
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Question 2
Where is it ?
Most deserts are in the hottest countries of the
world, but some deserts are cold.
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Question 3
What is a desert like?
Some deserts are covered with sand, others with
stones and rocks.
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Question 4
Are there any animals ?
Snakes, lizards, gerbils and beetles hide in the
shade of rocks. Camels live there.
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Question 5
Are there any plants ?
Deserts are so dry that very few plants can grow
there.
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Question 6
Do people live there?
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Many people live in Oases and Semi-desert areas.
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Question 7
What is an Oasis?
It is a place where there are water all year
round. People dig deep wells to reach water under
the ground.
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Question 8
What is a Semi-desert?
It is dry land but not so as dry as a desert.
Many people live there. They keep goats and plant
crops in the dry earth.
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Do you know that...?
Semi-deserts are turning
into deserts.

Why ?
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This is because the world is becoming hotter and
drier.
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WELCOME TO THE POLES
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Question 1
What are polar regions?
Two cold snowy and icy places. Arctic and
Antarctic.
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Question 2
Where are they?
They lie around the North and South Poles.
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Question 3
What are they like?
A thick layer of ice which changes its size
growing large in winter and shorter in summer.
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Question 4
Are there any animals?
Penguins and seals in areas of Antarctica and
polar bears in the Arctic.
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Question 5
Are there any plants?
Taiga
Tundra and taiga on the fringes of the
Arctic. Nothing grows in the Antarctic.
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Question 6
Do people live there?
Igloo
Native people live near the North Pole The
Inuits and the Sami.
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Do you know that..?
The ice caps are getting thinner.

Why?
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This is because the world is becoming hotter and
drier.