1 Why is the average temperature hot in Kerala throughout the year?
2 Describe the climate of your location. How does it compare with Kerala and Rajasthan?
3 Annotate Figure 4.1 to explain how the climate is affecting the changes in vegetation.
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1 Draw a picture of an animal found in a hot desert environment. Annotate it to show how the creature has adapted to the conditions found there.
2 Figure 4.2 shows a desert landscape. Annotate it to explain why it looks the way that it does.
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3 Describe the climate in your local environment. Remember to describe how temperature and precipitation vary over the year.
4 Explain how plants and animals have adapted to conditions in your local environment.
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5 What do you think would happen if there was an increase in precipitation in hot deserts? How would this change the landscape, the plants and the animals that are currently found there?
6 How might people have to adapt to living in hot deserts like the Thar Desert? What challenges would they have to overcome?
2 Explain how modern innovations are helping people to overcome these challenges.
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3 Figure 4.3 shows Khadeens in place in the desert. Annotate the diagram to explain how these low stone walls help farmers in hot deserts.
4 The term ‘appropriate technology’ is used to describe technology that meets local needs, and uses local materials and local knowledge and skills. Why would Khadeens be classed as appropriate technology?
5 The Thar Desert is the most densely populated desert in the world. Why might so many people be able to live in such an extreme environment?
6 What could limit further population growth in the Thar Desert?