Copy of Deserts (Planet Earth Movie Worksheet) (5/28/2026)

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3 questions

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Instructions

Copy of Deserts (Planet Earth Movie Worksheet) (5/28/2026)

Last updated about 2 hours ago

3 questions

Note from the author:

Directions:
Split your screen so that you can view the video playing on Blackboard and so that you can see this formative.
Read two or three questions ahead so that you know what to listen for.
Answer as many questions as you can, as the video plays — try to answer 10 of the 15 questions.
The questions are written in the same order as they occur in the video.
The questions will not report right or wrong answers, just do your best.

Instructions

Directions:
Split your screen so that you can view the video playing on Blackboard and so that you can see this formative.
Read two or three questions ahead so that you know what to listen for.
Answer as many questions as you can, as the video plays — try to answer 10 of the 15 questions.
The questions are written in the same order as they occur in the video.
The questions will not report right or wrong answers, just do your best.

a. What is the name of the harsh desert on the continent of Asia? _______ 

b. What is a common source of water for the Bactrian camel? _______ 

c. What is the world’s largest desert? _______ 

d. What desert feature is constant, despite its changing landscape? _______ 

e. Name 2 desert animals that are nocturnal (they come out at night). _______ and _______

a. Where does the water come from in the Atacama Desert when there is no rain? _______ 

b. How can you tell if a cactus is full of water? _______ 

c. What do flat lizards eat? _______ How do they catch their food? _______ 

d. What is the number one killer of animals in the desert? _______

a. What is the hottest place on the planet? _______ 

b. What does every desert dweller wait for? _______ 

c. Which animal responds the quickest to a desert bloom? _______ 

d. What are groups of locusts called? _______ 

e. What is considered one of life’s biggest spectacles? _______