extreme environments

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What is an extreme environment?
A habitat very hard to survive in due to its extreme conditions
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What are the different extreme environments?
Deserts, Polar regions, Tundra, Mountains and Rain forests
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Where are these extreme environments?
Sahara Desert, Antarctica, Mount Everest, Amazon Rain forest
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What is Antarctica like as an extreme environment?
Coldest, windiest and highest continent on earth
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What does a climate graph show about an extreme environment?
The amount of rainfall and temperature of an area
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What are the main challenges of living/ working/ visiting Antarctica?
Travel, weather and communication
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How would you overcome these challenges?
Travel on a sledge pulled by dogs, wear suitable clothing and use radios.
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What are the key features of a hot desert environment?
It doesn't rain much, hot weather and no water.
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Where are the world's hot deserts?
Sahara Desert, The Great Victoria Desert and Arabian Desert
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How are animals adapted to the hot desert environment?
Get their water from food they eat, live in burrows and stay out of the heat. They can survive a long time without water
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How is daily life in the hot desert environment challenging?
Few species are specialised enough to survive there. Plants and animals which do survive there have adapted to difficult conditions.
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Who are the Tuareg?
Berber people who live across The Sahara Desert
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What is desertification and why is it happening?
Desertification occurs due to a decrease in vegetation
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How do other people adapt and cope with living in a hot desert environment?
Having an Omnivorous diet, Living in tents with open central vent to create cooling breezes and using camels to get around.
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What are the different extreme environments?

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Where are these extreme environments?

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What is Antarctica like as an extreme environment?

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What does a climate graph show about an extreme environment?

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