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future617RT

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Match the desert landform with the correct definition.
 
  A) Apron of sediment along the mountain front
  B) Bedrock knob sticking up through sediment-filled basin
  C) Cone of debris at the mouth of a canyon leaving the mountains
  D) Dry, flat lake bed created by evaporation
 
  1) Inselberg
  2) Bajada
  3) Playa
  4) Alluvial fan

Question 2

Match the location with the kind of desert it is. (Note: You may use some choices more than once.)
 
  A) Middle-Latitude Deserts and Steppes
  B) Subtropical Deserts and Steppes
 
  1) Atacama Desert
  2) Gobi Desert
  3) Eastern Washington State
  4) Chihuahuan
  5) Simpson (Australia)



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Answer to Question 1

Answers: 1) B 2) A 3) D 4) C

Answer to Question 2

Answers: 1) B 2) A 3) A 4) B 5) B



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