Activity 3: Post-Reading

1. Why is the air which passes over cold ocean not able to pick and hold moisture?
The air which passes over cold ocean not able to pick and hold moisture because air which
passes over cold ocean not able to pick and hold moisture.
2. How does the cold ocean current keep desert dry?
These cold currents cause the air that blows inland to be cold. Cold air does not hold as much
moisture as warm air. When this cold air mass reaches the warm desert, any moisture in the
air is evaporated and so does not fall as rainso the weather in these deserts is very dry.
3. What is the air like in the high-pressure system?
The air is dry and is moving downwards
4. What does the air draw from the land surface when it moves over the land?
What the air draw from the land surface when it moves over the land is moisture

Activity 4: Ordering Sentences

Put the sentences in the right order to show how Mountain Barriers keep deserts dry.
Write Numbers 1 to 6 to show the right order.

The air that reaches the other side of the mountain does not contain moisture
6
anymore.
4 Moisture rises to pass over mountain ranges.
2 Air picks up moisture from the ocean in the form of water vapor.
1 Warm air passes over the ocean.
3 Moisture travels over the land.
5 The cool air condenses the water vapor causing rains.

Activity 5: Identifying reference

Read the following paragraph taken from “How Deserts Remain Dry”. What does each of
the words in the box refer to?

1. it in line 1 refers to warm air

2. this in line 2 refers to warm air that picks up moisture in the form of water vapor
3. it in line 2 refers to moist air that travels over the land
4. it in line 3 refers to moist air
5. this in line 3 refers to moist air that cools
6. it in line 5 refers to the air