Question

A waterless area of land covered with sand having no or little vegetation is called
A) Desert
B) River
C) Grassland
D) Forest

Answer 1

Hint: It is home to a variety of people, animals and plants who have learned to live in very hot and dry conditions. True, the land is not always hidden by grass, plants and trees as it is in other climates.

Complete answer:
In general, the desert is without water and vegetation.A green patch of freshwater and green trees in the middle of a vast desert is a beautiful sight. The desert can be too hot or too cold.

Desert is not always a flat, unchangeable wasteland of dry sand. It could have mountains and hills. It could have an oasis, big or small. An oasis is like a green island in the middle of a desert where spring or well gives plants and trees a better chance of growing. A desert may be hot as the Thar or cold as the Ladakh. But, generally speaking, if the place has little or no water and vegetation, people call it desert.

Some deserts are almost completely without water. In such places, strong winds are blowing up heaps of sand and depositing them like mounds. These are called 'sand dunes,' which shift and move endlessly across the desert. Few plants can survive on such a dry, shifting sand.

All living things need water to survive. Few plants and animals living in deserts have developed the ability to require less water than most plants and animals. The camel, popularly known as the 'Desert ship,' can drink a lot of water at one time. Camels can do without water for a couple of days. The reason is that they sweat very little. We sweat because we're going to have to keep our body temperature constant.

Here the remaining options does not contain the above features thus we conclude that correct answer is ‘Desert’

The correct answer is option (A) Desert.

Note: In humid climates, the moisture in the air acts like a blanket and protects the earth's surface from the sun's hot rays. The absence of this blanket in desert lands causes the desert to heat up quickly during the day and to cool down quickly at night. Deserts are an important part of the great plan of nature.