Which statement about deserts is most accurate?
A)Evaporation exceeds precipitation in arid and semi-arid regions.
B)Loess deposits are common in deserts.
C)The geologic process at work in deserts are vastly different from those at work in humid regions.
D)Deserts do not have seasons, and they are uniformly hot year-round.
E)Deserts occur where atmospheric pressure is low.
Question 2
Most gravel ____.
A)is smaller than 2 mm
B)is derived from limestone
C)cannot be transported by glacial movement
D)is made up of rock fragments
E)do not contain clasts
Deserts differ across the world. (a) Acacia trees between a gravel plain and sand dunes in the Namib
Distribution and Forms of Precipitation: Graupel and Hail
Subtropical Deserts (BWh)
Summary of Precipitation Reaction
Descending limbs of Hadley cells are the sites of the world’s major deserts
World Deserts