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| 3 | What is a common cause of death in the Sahara? |   
| 4 | The driest erts support almost no __ productivity. |   
| 8 | Some deserts are so hot, when it rains the water __ before it touches the ground. |   
| 9 | They commonly occur in the center of __. |   
| 10 | Most animals have an __ that allows them to store all their body fat in one area of their body because it is able to retain heat. |   
| 13 | The worlds largest desert is __. |   
| 15 | What animal can go days without food or water? |   
| 16 | The desert biome can be found on every continent except __. |   
| 17 | About __% of the Earth's fresh water is in the Antarctic ice cap. |   
| 18 | Antarctica is the __ desert. |   
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| 1 | Parts of the Sahara can go __ without any rain. |   
| 2 | The __ does not grow very tall so it can accommodate small animals, rodents and reptiles |   
| 5 | The continental US is home to 300 million individuals. The Sahara, covering the same land area, is home to just __ million. |   
| 6 | Deserts are found across the planet along two fringes parallel to the equator at 25-35 degrees latitude in both __ |   
| 7 | What species are particularly well suited so hot, dry conditions? |   
| 11 | The worlds deserts occupy almost __-__ of the land surface. |   
| 12 | Like the mountains in Antarctica, some sand-dunes in the ___ can get snow-covered. |   
| 14 | The distribution of this biome is determined by the avaliability of water, generally occuring where there is less than __-__cm of rain per year. |   
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