What (1)____you think of when you hear the word desert? We

What (1)____you think of when you hear the word desert? We usually think of deserts as hot, dry places, but there can be (2)___hot and cold deserts. Scientists define deserts as areas of land where (3)___than ten inches of rain falls per year and (4)____plants can grow. In Arctic and Antarctic regions, there is very (5)___rain. Precipitation is almost always (6)____in the form of ice or snow, and because it stays frozen on the ground, plants cannot (7)___it to grow. So these regions (8)___temperatures, which can range from 10 to 50 F (10)___summer and from -50 to 10 F in winter.