Hot Deserts (AQA GCSE Geography)

Study Figure 9 

‘Plants and animals adapt in order to survive in a hostile environment.’

Explain this statement.
Use Figure 9 and your own understanding.

Assess the importance of inaccessibility and extreme temperatures as challenges to development in hot desert environments            

Use a case study and your own understanding.

Study Figure 1, which shows the distribution of deserts 

Explain the distribution of hot deserts

Figure 1

Study Figure 1, this shows causes of desertification

Using Figure 1 and your own understanding explain how population growth can lead to desertification

Figure 1 

Study Figure 1, this shows afforestation in the Thar Desert

Using Figure 1 and your own understanding explain other methods which are used to reduce or halt desertification

Figure 1

For the hot desert environment   

Using a case study, to what extent have opportunities for economic activity been developed in your chosen environment?

To what extent is human activity the cause of desertification in areas on the fringes of hot deserts?

Study Figure 9 

Figure 9 – Hot desert environment

Discuss the challenges and opportunities for development in a hot desert environment 

Use Figure 9 and a case study.

Discuss the opportunities for economic development in the hot desert.

Use a case study and your own understanding.