Go Jetters: What’s Hiding in the Gobi Desert?
In Go Jetters: What’s Hiding in the Gobi Desert?, Ubercorn visits The Gobi Desert in Central Asia. The Gobi is super dry and windy, with winds blowing as fast as a race car! It's called a “rainshadow desert” because the big Himalayan mountains stop rain and clouds from reaching it. Even though it’s tough to live there because of the wind, the Gobi is a great place to find dinosaur fossils hidden deep in the sand! This video is excerpted from BBC’s Go Jetters, a series that follows the adventures of four plucky international heroes as they travel the globe visiting the world’s most famous landmarks with their friend and mentor, Ubercorn, a disco-dancing unicorn.
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Q: What makes the Gobi Desert different from other deserts?
A: The Gobi Desert is different because it has extremely strong winds and is known for being a great place to find dinosaur fossils, unlike many other deserts.
Q: How do you think people can safely search for dinosaur bones in the Gobi Desert?
A: People can search for dinosaur bones by wearing special clothes to protect them from the wind and sand and by using tools to carefully dig and find the bones hidden in the sand.
Q: What do you think people could learn from studying the dinosaur bones found in the Gobi Desert?
A: People could learn what dinosaurs looked like, how they lived, and what the Earth was like millions of years ago.